New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Here, we debunk seven myths about the Vikings. This idea can be traced to the 19th-century German artist Carl Emil Doepler, ...

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered ...

No small part of this cumulative freight has been borne by the women of the Viking Age, not least through the stereotypes of Valkyries and shieldmaidens. Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir opens her ...