Vikings Artifacts for Dummies
A clue—certainly, for a very long time, the one clue—arrived in 1943 with the discovery of a damaged spangenhelm helmet in Ringerike, Norway. Found out in 9 fragments among a cache of weaponry and other burial artefacts, the piece – named Gjermundbhu, once the farm where it was located – was painstakingly restored, supplying a literal glimp