Researchers Test 1,000-Year-Old Viking General’s DNA, Prove Themselves Wrong

Viking helmets. Helgi Halldórsson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / https://goo.gl/OOAQfn

Scientists assumed a few things about a Viking skeleton they excavated in the 1800s.

The skeleton was buried with two horses, an ax, a sword, a spear, a battle knife, and shields, so they assumed the skeleton belonged to a warrior.