Archeologists recently uncovered a massive cache of jewelry, silver coins, and other relics at ancient gravesites in western Norway. At least three of them appear to belong to a trio of highly ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

German archaeologists discovered that the skulls of three medieval Viking women found on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea showed evidence of an unusual procedure to elongate their ...

The elongated, cone-shaped skulls of Viking Age women buried on the Baltic island of Gotland may be evidence of trading contacts with the Black Sea region, a new study finds. The women's skulls were ...

The 10th-century warrior was buried with artifacts that point to her involvement in military planning and tactics. Heads up, Game of Thrones fans: Tough women warriors aren’t just the stuff of ...

Metal detectorists found the grave two years ago on Senja, an island in northern Norway. Arctic University Museum of Norway The Vikings may have earned a reputation for being fearsome warriors—but ...