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 ...

Unmask the chilling secrets behind the terrifying entity known as "The Mother" in Barbarian, as we delve into her origins and the horror she brings.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Springbok Women thrashed the Barbarian Women 59-17 in their match at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday. JOHANNESBURG - The Springbok Women thrashed the Barbarian Women 59-17 in their match ...

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 ...

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 ...