Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation".

Others stuck with the Viking theory, while some said the corpse was that of a Native American who had gotten his armor from Europeans. No one knows. No one knew in 1831.

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The tattoo is designed to look like body armor, with a letter "A" and the inscription "Shield of Faith" over Peterson's heart. His left shoulder is tattooed with a lion, and a sword running down ...

But there is evidence of body modification. Archaeologists in the 1980s noted "strange marks" on the teeth of male Viking Age skulls that looked like the teeth had been deliberately filed.Some 130 ...

Also in 2010, the U.S. Army Research Lab worked with scientists at the University of Delaware to develop a liquid body armor on the same principles, following research it started at the beginning ...

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The Valheim Fenris armor set can make your Viking move faster, resist fire, and do more damage with unarmed attacks. That's three great reasons to gather the resources needed to craft it, ...

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