Researchers think the Viking Age boat burial of a woman and her pooch in Norway dates to between A.D. 900 and 950.

These women, buried in cemeteries at Ire and Havor, had artificially elongated skulls. This was an unusual practice in Scandinavia but more commonly associated with Central and Eastern European ...

Among these military leaders was a Viking woman, Inghen Ruiadh’, whose name means “Red Girl” or “Red Daughter.” (The name may have come from the color of her hair.) She was clearly an ...

But it is also possible that the statue is not a Valkyrie at all but rather a depiction of a real woman. Norse sagas and poems mention that women sometimes took up arms, and the Oseberg Viking ...

Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy during the Viking Age ...

Irish Vikings came from Norway and had brown hair, not blond, according to the largest-ever DNA analysis of Viking remains. The study, published by the leading international journal "Nature" in ...

Valkyries, wives… or warriors? Powerful female figures occupy a central role in Old Norse mythology, but until recently historians accorded Viking women only a marginal role. A new perspective on ...

Now that recovery work is underway, the team has confirmed the site holds an unexpected scene: a Viking boat grave for a respected local woman buried with her beloved pet dog.

Archaeologists subsequently concluded that it was a Viking boat burial for an elite woman who lived over 1,100 years ago. The woman was found laid to rest in a 5.5m-long burial ship, placed ...

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social status, and the harsh realities of life and death.

At Skumsnes on the west coast of Norway, archaeologists have excavated three wealthy women's graves from the Viking Age. They believe there could be a total of 20 graves at this site.