Women typically wore a gathered and pleated underdress, a hangaroc (rather like a pinafore) and a headscarf. No more than other people at the time. Many of the Vikings who travelled to Scotland, and other parts of Europe were traders or peaceful settlers looking for land to farm. When raiding the Vikings' strategy usually seems to have been to give their victims enough time to run for the hills, but not enough time to pick up their valuables on the way out.

No helmets with horns have ever been found in all of the Viking warrior gear that researchers have found. In fact, Vikings rarely wore helmets at all!

No. Viking helmets were designed to provide protection to the head by deflecting blows, so they needed to have smooth curved surfaces. It is possible that the myth about Viking helmets began because some of the conical helmets had cheek guards which could be worn folded up when the Vikings were attacking a target such as a monastery where they wouldn't expect anyone to be fighting back.

Viking poetry and stories (Sagas) can still be read today. There are references to members of a household (including men) sitting round a fire spinning and telling stories on long winter evenings. Musical instruments such as drums, whistles and small harps have been found on Viking sites.

Things like root vegetables, barley, wheat, oats, rye, bread, apples, pears, cherries, assorted berries, greens like cabbage and lambs lettuce, fish, shellfish, hare (not rabbit, which was introduced by the Normans after 1066), hens, geese, ducks, pigs, oxen, deer, pidgeon, eggs from a range of birds, milk and cheese. Two foods the Vikings didn't have were tomatoes and potatoes which were introduced from the Americas in the 15th Century.

answers to your questiojn you will find in Questions and Answers about Language (QaAaL), click on FAQ (frequently asked questions) and look under FAQ #6. I've heard that there are still words which are the same in Hungarian and Finnish. Apparently, there's a sentence that is exactly the same in both languages, and menas exactly the same thing. can you tell me what that sentence looks like (I speak Finnish so I can understand the words).

Actually, Vikings lived in several countries. These notorious sea raiders and explorers hailed from three Scandinavian homelands: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Danes made their mark in the British Isles and along the coastlines of Europe. The Norwegians sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reach America. And the Swedes traveled up Russian rivers to reach Constantinople and the Orient.

Vikings developed in Scandinavia from the earlier clan-based cultures that formerly lived there. After raiding Europe, many Vikings brought back ideas that changed their culture, making them more like Europeans. By 1050 AD, Viking culture had undergone significant change, especially the conversion of many to Christianity. Afterwards, the descendants of the Vikings called themselves Norwegians, Danes, Swedes or Scandinavians.

Viking burials often used boats like we use caskets today. For the highest status people, large ships were often buried with the dead. Some Vikings preferred to be cremated. But even then, the ashes were buried with artifacts the dead had used in their life, perhaps because the Vikings believed they could reuse these objects in the next life. To learn more about Viking ship burials follow the link.

Historians say the Viking Age began in 793 AD with the raid on Lindisfarne monastery in England, and ended in 1066 AD with the defeat of the Viking king Harald by English king Harold.

The Vikings were the world's greatest travelers and Iceland-born explorer Leifur Eiriksson discovered America more than 500 years before Columbus. The Vikings were also the greatest of hosts, noting this 1000-year-old quote from "The Sayings of the Vikings", in the Icelandic Sagas.

The Vikings played a lot of card and board games, especially during the winter. One of the games Vikings used to play is a board game called Hnefatafl which means "king's board or game" in Old Norse. This chess-like game of strategy simulated a Viking raid and the object of the game was to trap the King's piece.

Until the 1960s, scholars had no evidence other than the sagas that proved Vikings had reached North America. However, the discovery of Viking house foundations and artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada offers proof that Vikings did, in fact, reach North America 1000 years ago!

When a team's uniform includes so much yellow that it looks too similar to the maillot jaune, the yellow jersey, TdF organisers ask that the teams come to the race with a different look. ONCE's team strip looks too similar to the wearer of the golden fleece - therefore during a normal road stage, the normally yellow and black clad men wear pink and black outfits. During the team time trial however, this rule does not apply, and ONCE reverts back to its standard team uniform.

They used jackets made from skins which were typically waterproof. The wrists and face openings were drawn tight for waterproofness. The waist fit tightly around the cockpit coaming. These formed watertight seals so water did not enter while performing a roll or punching through waves. The jacket used by the Greenlanders helped provide buoyancy when sculling. On warm days they used the equivalent of a spray skirt instead of the jacket. They used mittens made of skin to keep their hands warm.

During the Victorian era, each flower had a meaning. A white rose symbolized purity and innocence. Perhaps Victoria was trying to send a message to her listeners that her motives and teachings were pure. After Victoria Woodhull ran for President, the American suffrage movement chose the colors purple, white, and gold to represent their cause. A yellow rose became one of the symbols for those in favor of women's suffrage. The red rose symbolized the anti-suffrage movement.

Artifacts found by archaeologists include many combs, pins, earwax removers and even an ironing board! It seems the Vikings were much cleaner than we think.