Archaeologists excavating a ninth-century burial site in Bjugn, Norway have uncovered something unprecedented in Scandinavian archaeology: a Viking Age woman's grave featuring two scallop shells ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Museum Odense An extraordinary Viking burial ground with the almost-complete skeletons of ...

Researchers have identified what may be the first evidence of a Viking woman with a battle injury—potentially casting new light on gender roles in ancient Scandinavian society. National Geographic ...

STOCKHOLM — When a team of scholars announced that a famous Viking tomb in Sweden contained the remains of a woman, it seemed to provide long-awaited support for legends of female Viking warriors that ...

Scientists who tested the ring from an ancient grave say ‘the woman herself, or someone close to her, might have visited - or even originated from - the Caliphate’ You can save this article by ...

The burial and the weapon revealed that the medieval female warrior was not a Viking. She likely came from what is now Poland, which means she could be a Slav. Pictured: Leszek Gardeła studying a ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- Our state is known for having a strong Scandinavian heritage -- and with that comes some rare and beautiful forms of art. One of the rarest forms of Norwegian art is called ...

ATLANTA — Iceland’s “woman in blue,” the partial skeleton of a young woman found in 1938 in a grave with Viking-era objects, was a child of some of the island’s earliest settlers, researchers reported ...