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Viking Medicine by Rob Shackleford

Apr 10, 2021

Viking Medicine by Rob Shackleford Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Viking Ginger Connection Vikings Dirty and Unkempt Viking Hygiene Viking Clothes - Looking Good! Viking Men's wear Viking Women's Wear Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Jewellery Part 2 Inked Up - Vikings and Tattoos Were Vikings Inked? Part 2 Viking Health Viking Teeth The Viking Age was from the 8th to the 11th Centuries. If you were to travel back to that time, as described in my novel Traveller Inceptio, the greatest difference would be in the ability to receive effective medical…

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Viking Teeth by Rob Shackleford

Mar 28, 2021

Viking Teeth by Rob Shackleford Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Viking Ginger Connection Vikings Dirty and Unkempt Viking Hygiene Viking Clothes - Looking Good! Viking Men's wear Viking Women's Wear Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Jewellery Part 2 Inked Up - Vikings and Tattoos Were Vikings Inked? Part 2 Viking Health Vikings suffered from bad teeth. Archaeological examination of Viking skeletons show that more than a quarter of the population had holes in their teeth. Finds of crania show that most Vikings had several teeth missing. In a number of cases only a…

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Viking Health by Rob Shackleford

Mar 28, 2021

Viking Health by Rob Shackleford Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? Viking Ginger Connection Vikings Dirty and Unkempt Viking Hygiene Viking Clothes - Looking Good! Viking Men's wear Viking Women's Wear Vikings Loved Bling Part 1 Viking Jewellery Part 2 Inked Up - Vikings and Tattoos Were Vikings Inked? Part 2 The Viking Age, approximately from the years 793 to 1066, was not an easy time to live. Harsh Scandinavian winters, food shortages, dirty living conditions near animals and rodents, raids and fighting, and a lack of hygiene compared to today created conditions that combined…

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Inked Up – A brief history of Vikings and Tattoos Part 2 by Rob Shackleford

Feb 21, 2021

Were Vikings Inked? - Vikings and Tattoos Part 2 by Rob Shackleford Did Vikings have tattoos? Nobody really knows. Now, with popular media we want Vikings to have had tattoos, but did they really? Unfortunately, except in unique circumstances, human skin does not survive centuries of burial. Add to that, few Viking literary works survive, so we are forced to rely on outside accounts. Many come from Arab statesmen who carried on extensive trade and cultural exchange with Norsemen in the ninth and tenth centuries. One Arab traveler, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, a scholar of Baghdad, was sent by the Abbasid…

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Inked Up – A brief History of Vikings and Tattoos by Rob Shackleford

Feb 21, 2021

Inked Up - A Brief History of Vikings and Tattoos by Rob Shackleford Did the Vikings have tattoos? There is some disagreement. The simple answer is, unless there is a discovery made of an intact Viking corpse, which includes their skin, we will never know one way or another. Let’s briefly look at the history of Tattoos. Tattoos and History The earliest evidence of tattoo art comes in the form of clay figurines that had their faces painted or engraved to represent tattoo marks. The oldest figures of this kind have been recovered from tombs in Japan dating to 5000 BCE…

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Vikings Loved Jewellery – Viking Jewellery Part 2 by Rob Shackleford

Feb 17, 2021

Vikings Loved Jewellery - Viking Jewellery Part 2 by Rob Shackleford Viking Jewelry – Fashion with a Purpose Vikings enjoyed fashion and the allure of precious metals and they strived to incorporate this into their day-to-day lives by crafting beautiful ornate ornaments. However, unlike most cultures, jewelry pieces in Viking culture typically had a dual purpose, being used both for aesthetic appeal and as a form of currency, much like carrying money in your wallet or purse. Evidently, Vikings were not the barbarians most people assume they were, they were an organized, sophisticated people with a rich culture that has more…

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