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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society
New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...
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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society
Some of the metal weapons found in the burial at Birka, including a sword, ax-head, fighting knife, two lances, two shield bosses and 25 armor-piercing arrows. (Image credit: Photo by Christer ...