Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...

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

But that's a poor picture based largely on Viking portrayals in the 19th century, when they featured in European art either ...

The Vikings considered silver artifacts valuable and typically used them for trading or gifting. Excavations at the 1,100-year-old farm also found several structures for people, possibly enslaved ...