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When the Viking Great Army landed in England on a campaign of conquest, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that Vikings seized local horses. Now there is the first scientific proof that some Vikings also brought their own mounts and canine companions.

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The first physical proof that Vikings brought horses and dogs to England has been unearthed

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Crossing the North Sea on longships would have been quite the journey for Vikings and their equine companions. William the Conqueror (Viking descendant!) shipped several thousand horses to England by longboat, but he only had to cross the English Channel. newscientist.com/article/235767

Scene from the Bayeaux Tapestry showing William, Duke of Normandy crossing the English Channel with horses on longships for his Norman cavalry. Credit: Bayeaux Museum

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The English spread a lot of negative propaganda about the vikings because English women favored the regularly bathed groomed, good smelling, and viking men over the filthy, stinky English men.

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