The Vikings - a group of exploring and raiding seafarers from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway - traversed the world from the eighth to the 11th centuries. ... What Viking Hygiene Was Like.

Abbasid chroniclers like Ibn Fadlan visited the region in the hope of spreading Islam and establishing trade routes, leaving detailed descriptions of the people living there ...

Vikings suffered from dental disease, study of Swedish gravesite says. They also had ‘complex’ methods for remedying oral hygiene problems.

Excavations at a cemetery in Sweden revealed that more than half of the Viking population had tooth decay, and these seafaring warriors attempted to treat their dental problems. The study was recently ...

Vikings suffered from dental disease, study of Swedish gravesite says. They also had ‘complex’ methods for remedying oral hygiene problems.

As it turns out, even the now long-dead Vikings couldn’t escape a trip to the dentist. After spending around 1,000 years in the ground, the skeletal remains of over 100 Swedish Vikings were ...

The earliest records we have of Vikings coming was about AD 795, as raiders. They were mostly Norwegian, with some Danish. They were coming to carry out quick attacks – usually on monasteries ...

Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls. That’s what researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg did with ...

“It seems like the Vikings tried to file their teeth to ease the pain from infected teeth,” says Bertilsson. Right: Teeth that have been filed down recovered from the excavation site.