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1,000-year-old Viking teeth show signs of brutal initiation ritual that acted as a strange form of ID

AN ANCIENT set of teeth from the Viking era has revealed signs of a brutal "initiation ritual" that marked their social identities.Damnnig new evidenc

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Vikings Filed Grooves Into Their Teeth as an Unusual Form of ID

Humans have modified their bodies in various ways throughout history, tattooing, piercing, scarring, implanting, or even deforming parts of their anatomy.

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Viking Age women with cone-shaped skulls likely learned head-binding practice from far-flung region

The skull modifications were found on the skeletons of three women buried on Gotland almost 1,000 years ago.

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Vikings May Have Used Body Modification as a Sign of Identification | Smart News

A recent study analyzes Scandinavian examples of filed teeth and elongated skulls dating to the Viking Age

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Vikings May Have Practiced Body Modification As Rite of Initiation

Teeth filing and skull deformation are examples of body modification customs that were practiced during the Viking Age.

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