Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and ...

Image Credit: Uppsala University “This is the first formal and genetic confirmation of a female Viking warrior,” Uppsala ... What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a ...

“What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real ... more detailed story. “The Viking warrior female showed genetic affinity to present-day inhabitants of the British Islands ...

"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance ... "What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real life military leader, that ...

“Hence the individual in grave Bj 581 is the first confirmed female high-ranking Viking warrior,” wrote the ... “What we have studied was not a Valkyrie from the sagas but a real life ...

But the skeleton had some traits that suggested the person was female. A new study has revealed through DNA analysis that this powerful warrior was indeed a Viking woman. The idea of a female ...

DNA and geochemistry experts re-examined the famous Swedish grave of a high-ranking Viking warrior and ... we have linking an undeniably female skeleton to the warrior grave is the fact that ...

But debate over the Birka female Viking warrior grave only deepened an existing ... SEE ALSO: No, the Valkyrie from 'The Northman' isn't wearing braces Much like movies, history is a story we ...

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