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	<title>The Viking Rune: All Things Norse &#187; Viking Weapons</title>
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		<title>Many Viking Swords in Museums Are Fakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report in The Guardian, published in December 2008, Viking swords in some of the most famous weapons collections are counterfeit. However, the age of the fakes is the same as the one of the genuine swords, about a thousand years. The fact is that the best swords that were used by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viking Raven Banner</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viking warlords led their armies under a banner (merki) or war flag (gunnefane). For instance, king Olaf Tryggvason had a dragon banner. However, raven was the most common image on such standards. Under the year 878 the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions a viking banner called Hræfn (&#8216;Raven&#8217;). Harald Hardrada&#8217;s banner called Landøyðan (&#8216;Land-Waster&#8217;), mentioned in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viking Helmet from Gjermundbu, Norway</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to a widespread delusion, Viking helmets did not have horns. The only helmet that may be unmistakeably attributed to the Viking armor was found in 1943 in a burial mound near Gjermundbu, Norway. The mound contained many other artifacts of the Viking Age, such as swords, sheath fittings, chain mail and several tools. The [...]]]></description>
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