In the 1800s, archaeologists dug up a major Norse find in Sweden. Recent studies reveal there's even more to get excited ...

And if the warrior's sex was indeed female, is it possible they were a transgender man? [See Images of the Viking Woman Warrior's Burial] You may like Viking Age women may have wielded weapons ...

More than a thousand years ago, a Viking woman was laid to rest with the full honors of a mighty warrior, including weapons, armor and two horses. But when researchers discovered her remains in ...

The site reflected the ideal of Viking male warrior life, or so many archaeologists had thought. New DNA analyses of the bones, however, confirm a revelatory find: the grave belonged to a woman.

In 2017, a team of Swedish archaeologists announced an exciting discovery: They had, for the first time, identified the remains of a Viking woman warrior. A DNA analysis of a Viking Age skeleton ...

What we want to see vs. what’s actually there It was an exciting story, and headlines about Viking warrior women have been everywhere in the media. But the reality is more complex and probably ...

The study—which included a DNA analysis of the skeleton—revealed that, in fact, the warrior was a woman, sending shockwaves through the world of Viking archaeology. While this find has been ...

An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, archaeologists concluded a grave in the small town was for male warrior, but new evidence ...

Bellyfull.” “Unlight.” “A woman walking not alone.” These are all terms once used to describe pregnancy in the Viking Age, ...

The notion of a Viking warrior woman is not new. Mention is found in Nordic tradition. she was handy at fighting, wherever she aimed her blows. — The Greenlandic Poem of Atli “You can’t ...

Recent research sheds new light on the role of pregnant women in Viking society, revealing a complex interplay between motherhood and warrior culture. The study titled "Womb Politics: The Pregnant ...

Pregnancy was deeply political and far from uniform in meaning for Viking-age communities. It shaped – and was shaped by – ...