A 10th-century grave in Denmark was long thought to contain the bones of a warrior believed to be a Viking woman. But a new analysis of the grave, located on the island of Langeland, suggests that the ...

When an impressive Viking grave containing weapons, horses and even a board game was excavated in the 1880s, it was simply assumed that the skeleton belonged to a man. A new analysis of the DNA has ...

In 2017, a team of Swedish archaeologists announced an exciting discovery: They had, for the first time, identified the remains of a Viking woman warrior. A DNA analysis of a Viking Age skeleton ...

Recent research sheds new light on the role of pregnant women in Viking society, revealing a complex interplay between motherhood and warrior culture. The study titled "Womb Politics: The Pregnant ...

There's a background character in The Northman you probably blinked and missed. But her appearance, however brief, electrified me more than any other thrill in director Robert Eggers' bombastic new ...

Researchers have identified what may be the first evidence of a Viking woman with a battle injury—potentially casting new light on gender roles in ancient Scandinavian society. National Geographic ...

Scientists say DNA tests on a skeleton found in a lavish Viking warrior's grave in Sweden show the remains are those of a woman in her 30s. While bone experts had long suspected the remains belong to ...

A Polish researcher believes he has identified the grave of an ancient warrior woman buried on the Danish island of Langeland. Leszek Gardeła, from Germany's University of Bonn, noticed something ...

The revelation that the next Assassin’s Creed was going to be Viking centric was a bit like finding out Chris Evans is a dog person; we all kind of suspected it, but it was nice to have it confirmed.

The mysterious medieval warrior found buried in a Danish Viking graveyard wasn't actually a Viking. That's the verdict of Dr. Leszek Gardeła from the Department of Scandinavian Languages and ...