Viking helmets

How do WE know?

cimbri

Gauls

Cimbri helmet

cimbri

Celtic “helmet”http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/h/horned_helmet.aspx

Gauls

One Piece of Real Evidence

Discovered: Norway 1890’s

Oseberg tapestry http://www.sjolander.com/viking/museum/m/l/xl/horned.htm

Wagner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-zohn/culture-zohn-off-the-chuf_b_291306.html

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