"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and ...

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

The Golden State Valkyries are the WNBA's first expansion team since 2008. Here's everything you need to know.

These were not passive bodies. Together with recent studies of Viking women buried as warriors, this provokes further thought to how we envisage gender roles in the oft-perceived hyper-masculine ...

A team of researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester has conducted the first study on motherhood in the ...

These were not passive bodies. Together with recent studies of Viking women buried as warriors, this provokes further thought into how we envisage gender roles in the oft-perceived hyper-masculine ...

The finds hint at a nuanced picture of Viking society — one where most warriors were men but a person's class and profession had the biggest impact on who went to war. "Women can be as strong ...