This pendant, found in a tenth-century woman's burial in Aska, Sweden, is the only known convincing depiction of pregnancy from the Viking age. It depicts a figure in female dress with the arms ...

581. Christer Åhlin, Swedish History Museum/Antiquity Publications Ltd An incredible grave containing the skeleton of a Viking warrior, long thought to be male, has been confirmed as female ...

In the 1800s, archaeologists dug up a major Norse find in Sweden. A chamber grave located in the Viking town of Birka included a highly decorative tomb from the 10th century. The site was believed ...

Pregnancy was deeply political and far from uniform in meaning for Viking-age communities. It shaped – and was shaped by – ideas of social status, kinship and personhood. Our study shows that ...

Leszek Gardeła examines an axe found in a suspected female warrior's grave. Mira Fricke So far, Gardeła has identified 10 suspected Viking warriors who were women in his research, adding to the ...

adorned with a horned helmet, and most likely… male. However, a new exhibit at Denmark’s National Museum is shedding light on the history of the Völva, a female Viking sorceress so formidable ...