Why Do We Know So Little About Viking Helmets?

While most of us (should) know that the Vikings never wore horns on their helmets, there is still a great deal of mystery surrounding what type of helmets the Vikings *did* actually wear as archaeologists have only uncovered 5 separate helmet fragments from which full replicas could be reproduced and even these are very much subject to artistic interpretation. In this video I'll be taking a look at the broader types of helmet that were worn during the Viking Age like the Gjermundbu Spectacle Helmet as well as the earlier Vendel Helmets like that found at Valsgärde and those from slightly later like the transition to largely conical, nasal-style helmets.

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Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen's Video With the Gjermundbu Helmet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbedaw8-eAQ&t=75s

Related Videos of Mine:

Handling Viking Age Weapons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZyl5SKqUaU

Handling Viking Age Weapons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZyl5SKqUaU

Assassin's Creed Valhalla Historical Review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW3TMmv8VyQ

How Big Was Denmark in the Viking Age?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUlPGewD2gs&t=626s

The History of the Viking Age in England:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQM29ZUXvk&t=38s

The History of Viking Age York:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQoKogCIN4

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Gjermundbu Helmet - NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
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