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

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

Rumors of cannibalism in pre-historic Europe have only recently been confirmed. A new study published in the journal ...

That was the case recently when a remarkable discovery from the Copper Age was made during an otherwise routine dig for a new ...

Burial Chamber Reveals 1,200-Year-Old Upright Viking Swords, Symbol of Respect to Valhalla Warriors Two ancient Viking swords were discovered in a stone burial chamber in central Sweden during a ...

In movies and books about Vikings, the ancient seafaring conquerors don’t pause their revelry to remove gristle from their teeth with toothpicks. But in real life, they did, according to a new ...

While there’s certainly no shortage of ancient Viking lore enthusiasts ... s cult-favourite fantastical romance begins when the warrior witch survives a burning ordered by Odin after she ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray ... Birthe and Martin Biddle uncovered the body of a warrior in the churchyard at Repton.

Warp is stretched, For warriors’ fall ... over the centuries, the ancient Norse stories that told of female spirits deciding who lives and dies in battle have shape-shifted with the times ...

violent warriors in horned helmets. At Jarlshof in Shetland he finds evidence of an ancient Viking settlement including the remains of a farm and he’s shown some of the extraordinary artefacts ...