New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Then an armor-clad woman on horseback storms into ... the same lack of imagination that turned real Viking women into a myth. Jess is an LA-based culture critic who covers intimacy in the digital ...

Viking has pre-empted Woman, Warrior, Witch: The Life and Afterlives of Joan of Arc, the debut trade book by Anne Curry.

One of the graves featured stones carefully arranged in the shape of a long Viking boat, known as the Boat Grave. This was the most ornate burial for a high-ranking woman, as detailed by Arkeonews.

This was no ordinary ship—what lay within was a time capsule of Viking culture, craftsmanship ... she may have succumbed to cancer. The second woman, in her 50s, remains a mystery, her cause ...

Did Viking moms ever feel compelled to warn their swordplay-loving kids that, sure, it’s all fun and games until somebody puts an eye out? If not, they should have, because even simulated Viking ...