[SunkenCiv]

An Early Viking-Age comb from Hedeby, made of reindeer antler.

Photo by Mariana Munoz-Rodriguez.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Interesting. Thank you.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

This is the same period when Vikings were trading all the way to the Black Sea via river routes through Kiev. Wonder if these combs show up in Ukraine and beyond.

[T.B. Yoits]

The distance would have been measured in dogr, daegr, vika, or rost but certainly not kilometers.

Vikings don't need no metric system.

[ComputerGuy]

That comb must have been very valuable. I can’t imagine how many hours it took to make. It’s amazing.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks!

[Vaduz]

Vikings mastered many things one that stands out for me is their sun stone aka compass for sailing.

[Paal Gulli]

That’s nothing, they traveled nearly 3000 miles (more than 2000 as the crow flies) to trade with the Arabs.

Even Iceland — which the Vikings colonized — is 750 miles away (across open ocean), and its northern tip touches the Arctic Circle.