Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations ... than a grizzly legend after all. The skin, ancient though it was, had once belonged to a cow.

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After a long, hard day of pillaging with axes and swords, Vikings likely celebrated ... In movies and books about Vikings, the ancient seafaring conquerors don’t pause their revelry to remove ...