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Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...
New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...
The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.
What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that ...
It was a picture-perfect day at Owl’s Head Park on Saturday as Viking Fest 2025 brought together a crowd eager to embrace and ...
Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered ...
People have lived on this farm for at least 2,000 years. Researchers now know more about the farm's past than the family who ...
Pendant showing the only known Viking-Age depiction of a pregnant body. O. Myrin, The Swedish History Museum/SHM The study ... she picks up a sword, bares her breast, and strikes the sword against ...
Why is there so little talk of Ireland’s role in the foundation of Iceland? If we in Ireland have distant cousins living just ...