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Reenactors of Legio XXI Rapax. Photo by Tomasz Przywecki, 2018.

Bone/antler comb from Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden. The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.

Norse clothing as depicted in the TV show Vikings. Photo by Bernard Walsh - © Photographer: Jonathan Hession. © History Channel

A map illustrating the four voyages to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, a Genovese by origin, sailing under the flag of Spain. Although his intended mission was to discover a westward trade route to India, China, Japan, and the Spice...

A 1921 painting of a boy dressed as a pirate by William Meade Prince (1893-1951). (Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, USA)

Temple at Uppsala as Depicted in History Channel's TV show Vikings. ©2013 History Channel

Bell Tower at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden, site of the Norse Temple at Uppsala, which was destroyed by King Inge of Sweden, c. 1080.

Burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Legend has it that three Norse gods - Odin, Thor, and Freyr - were buried under each and the site where the Temple of Uppsala once stood was sacred to them. Excavations of the mounds and site in the...

The Norse Temple at Uppsala dedicated to Thor, Odin, and Freyr, as described by Adam of Bremen and depicted in Book 3 of the Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus by Olaus Magnus, 1555.

A two-masted pirate sloop raising the red flag to signal no quarter will be given. From the TV series Black Sails. ©2016 Starz Entertainment