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New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...
A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...
"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and ...
Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...
Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers—and a harsh world where not ...
As a provocation, Helgi wipes his bloody spear on Guđrun’s clothes and over her belly. He declares: “I think that under the ...
Why is there so little talk of Ireland’s role in the foundation of Iceland? If we in Ireland have distant cousins living just ...
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 Golden State Valkyries are the WNBA's first expansion team since 2008. Here's everything you need to know.