Vikings in English grave had filed teeth  July 8th, 2011 in
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils An illustration of
Vikings on a boat. (Image via Wikipedia)   (PhysOrg.com) -- In
what is believed to be a gravesite filled with thousand year old
Viking bodies along with separated heads, in southern Britain, a
new artifact has been discovered; one of the slain Vikings had
his two front teeth filed horizontally. Though it’s not known
exactly why, whether to instill fear in victims, to impress
comrades or even to show rank, the filing of the teeth, likely a
painful process, is a unique find, in that it is something that
is rarely seen in early European history.  The gravesite, or
burial pit, found in Weymouth, Dorset, on the southern coast of
England two years ago, was filled with the bodies of 54 headless
skeletons along with 51 skulls, all of whom are believed to be
the remains of marauding from northern Europe during the time
period 970 to 1025, which would make it just before the infamous
Norman conquest of