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

The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ...

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

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 ...

Image caption, A re-enactment of Viking battle in York. King Alfred was prepared though, having fortified the towns and organised a large army drawn from his own warriors and the male population ...

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.

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 ...