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Showing posts with label Warriors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warriors. Show all posts
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Vikings in Ireland: Recent Discoveries Shedding New Light on the Fearsome Warriors that Invaded Irish Shores

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Ancient Origins As science progresses and archaeologists are forging new positive relationships with developers around Irish heritage,...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Did Ancient Warriors Really Go to Battle Wearing Winged Helmets?

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Ancient Origins The winged helmet is a type of helmet that is found in mythology as well as history. In the realm of mythology, such h...
Monday, April 2, 2018

The Langeid Viking Battle Axe and a Warrior Who Singlehandedly Held Off the Entire English Army

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Ancient Origins BY THORNEWS Contrary to what many believe, battle axes from the last part of the Viking age, i.e. the 11th century, ...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

The great Viking terror: how Norse warriors conquered the Anglo-Saxons

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History Extra This detail from the side of a sledge in a ninth-century Viking burial shows two men fighting. In the 860s and 870s, the...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

5 Great Female Warriors of the Ancient World

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Made from History Throughout history, most cultures have considered warfare to be the domain of men. It is only quite recently that fema...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The truth about Viking berserkers

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History Extra Viking Berserker figures. The one on the left is wearing a helmet with horns. His companion wears the mask of a wolf or...
Friday, June 3, 2016

8 Vikings you should know about

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History Extra Silver penny of Cnut, who Gareth Williams describes as "the ultimate Viking success story". (Photo by CM Di...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

A brief history of camouflage

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History Extra Commandos take part in basic training exercises in an unspecified spot in England, 1940. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Ima...