Thinking Sideways: Ulfberht

Shattered Souls

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🗓️ 6 March 2014

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The viking Ulfberht swords, made between 800-1000CE, were the most prized and advanced pieces of weaponry in the Viking arsenal. No one knows how the Vikings got them or who really made them.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Thinking Sideways, the podcast.
0:25.0	I'm Steve, as always, joined by macohos.
0:28.0	Joe.
0:29.0	And Devon.
0:30.0	And this week, we've got what I would say is a pretty cool story for you.
0:37.0	Well, of course you would, it's your mystery.
0:39.0	Well, you're right, that's why I think it's cool.
0:41.0	And it's unsolved.
0:42.0	Yeah, pretty much.
0:43.0	And we're going to solve it.
0:44.0	No.
0:45.0	No.
0:46.0	So today's story is about Vikings.
0:48.0	Woo!
0:49.0	What do you guys know about Vikings?
0:50.0	They were big on rape and pillage and stuff like that.
0:53.0	They were really smart.
0:55.0	Worshiped a lot of weird pagan gods.
1:00.0	Didn't actually wear those horned Viking helmets.
1:02.0	Spot on.
1:03.0	Good call.
1:04.0	But that's about all I know.
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