Scubarob.love presents: Ceremonial Viking Shields Re-identified as Actual Battle-Worn Armor

Ceremonial Viking Shields Re-identified as Actual Battle-Worn Armor A reexamination of 1,200-year-old wooden Viking shields excavated in Norway in 1880 have been used to assert that these round protective devices could very well have been used in hand-to-hand combat at some point.  Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later 

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