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Viking life and culture
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“A Viking wedding involved a bed and eight people”, plus four other facts about the Vikings you might not know…
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Legendary Viking mercenaries or men of myth?
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Viking gods, goddesses & tricksters: 12 figures from Norse mythology
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Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?
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Christians and pagans in Norse society: the real religious rifts between Vikings
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What do we know about Viking funerals?
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10 incredible Viking stories from Norse mythology
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Gods, myths and rituals: what we know about Viking religious beliefs
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The Vikings had never left their homelands?
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“Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets,” plus 7 more Viking myths busted
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Vikings in America: the Europeans who arrived 500 years before Columbus
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5 key Viking discoveries in Britain – and what they reveal about how the Vikings really lived
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