COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—According to a statement released by The National Museum of Denmark, a small figurine long-hidden in its collections has recently been rediscovered and is providing new information ...
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Curator Rediscovers Tenth-Century 'Portrait' of a Viking With an 'Unusual, Ornate Hairstyle'
Curator Peter Pentz was exploring the vast archives of Denmark’s National Museum when he stumbled upon an unusual artifact: a small figurine depicting a well-groomed man. Now, Pentz says the trinket ...
Hair parted in the middle, cropped at the back, with a wavy lock styled above one ear. That’s not my haircut of choice, but if you were an elite Viking, it may well have been. That’s the upshot of a ...
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Actual Vikings Depicted in 'Vikings: Valhalla'
Vikings told the story of Ragnar Lothbrok, his first wife, Lagertha, and a host of other notable Scandinavians who lived, worked, and fought their way through the earliest part of the so-called Viking ...
After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...
The figurine is a little more than an inch tall. Roberto Fortuna / National Museum of Denmark Curator Peter Pentz was exploring the vast archives of Denmark’s National Museum when he stumbled upon an ...
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