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.

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

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered ...

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

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge ... kings and battles – such as the highly romanticised Viking age (the period from AD800 until AD1050).

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered ...