![Vikings didn't wear horned helmets despite what we are used to seeing in every Viking warrior costume. An authentic Viking helmet is horn-free. During the 19th-century painters inspired by descriptions created this Vikings didn't wear horned helmets despite what we are used to seeing in every Viking warrior costume. An authentic Viking helmet is horn-free. During the 19th-century painters inspired by descriptions created this](https://i.redd.it/bd44rzupg2i61.jpg)
Vikings didn't wear horned helmets despite what we are used to seeing in every Viking warrior costume. An authentic Viking helmet is horn-free. During the 19th-century painters inspired by descriptions created this
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The Horned Helmets Falsely Attributed to Vikings Are Actually Nearly 3,000 Years Old | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![Horned helmets were worn by many people,but not by the Vikings- Surviving examples of elaborate helms with horns Horned helmets were worn by many people,but not by the Vikings- Surviving examples of elaborate helms with horns](http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/07/Celtic-horse-helmet-503x640.jpg)
Horned helmets were worn by many people,but not by the Vikings- Surviving examples of elaborate helms with horns
![Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say | Live Science Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say | Live Science](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FiTMCDZDjrNKCHMBUikrZd.jpg)