Photo: Vikings Filed Their Teeth, Skeleton Study Shows

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A Swedish anthropologist analyzed 557 Viking skeletons dating from A.D. 800 to 1050 and discovered that 24 of them bore deep, horizontal grooves across their upper front teeth. The purpose of the grooves is unknown.

Photograph courtesy Caroline Alcini

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