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From Volgarr the Viking to Expeditions Viking, Mount & Blade, and the TV show Vikings, the Norsemen have been portrayed countless times in media... The way they are presented often has little to nothing to do with actual history. So let's take a peek at what they actually looked like.

Sources / further reading:

Clothing
http://www.hurstwic.com/history/artic...
https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowl...
http://urd.priv.no/viking/

The saga of Magnus the Good
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim...

Armor
http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/03/2...
http://folk.uio.no/vegardav/brynje/Ri...
http://sagy.vikingove.cz/introduction...

Swords and other weapons
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