In the age of Vikings, Freydís Eiríksdóttir was unlike anyone else. The daughter of Erik the Red and sister of Leif Erikson, she sailed farther than most men dared - and when betrayal came, she ...

The Minnesota Vikings’ male cheerleaders are making waves again in a viral video. Blaze Shiek and Louie Conn filmed a TikTok dance video posted a week ago, which has gained traction since, alongside ...

A team of researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester has conducted the first study on motherhood in the Viking Age, discovering that pregnant women were depicted in art and ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield. An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from ...

Archaeologists uncovered “an unusually rich treasure trove” inside the graves of three wealthy women from the Viking Age, offering a window into their lives and activities in the 9 th century. At a ...

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Archaeologists have confirmed that an ancient grave site unearthed recently in western Norway contains the remains of wealthy Viking women buried alongside jewellery, silver coins, and other unusual ...

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. In a time of legend long past, when video games were still emerging from the primordial mists and magic still flowed through all things, there were ...

A new exhibition opening at Denmark’s National Museum is exploring the history and legacy of a mysterious female Viking sorceress, known as… the Völva. Picture the stereotypical Viking - tall, bearded ...

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 ...