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Scientists realize 'Viking' shipwreck is something else entirelyA more than 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden isn't a Viking vessel after all, scientists have found.
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Mighty Vikings battled severe diseases, reveals 10th-century skulls’ studySwedish Vikings were plagued by serious health issues, including oral, facial, joint, and infectious diseases. “The results ...
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Vikings battled more than enemies: Scans of ancient skulls reveal widespread dental disease, infectionsUncover the health challenges faced by Vikings. CT scans show widespread dental and joint issues impacting their quality of ...
Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls.
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Viking skulls inspected with CT scans reveal severe morbiditySweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, ...
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...
"They didn't have the medical and dental care we do, or the kind of pain relief—and antibiotics—we now have," said Carolina Bertilsson.
With no antibiotics or modern dentistry, persistent ear and tooth infections were the norm for Viking-era residents of modern day Sweden.
When you watch TV programmes such as the Vikings they all appear to be healthy but new research suggests that they carried ...
About a year ago saw the publication of research based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age population of Varnhem in the Swedish province of Västergötland. Varnhem is ...
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