When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came ...
The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...
Archaeologists discover a Viking woman buried alongside her dog in an elite boat grave. © The Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT The saying goes that a dog is a ...
Archaeologists continue to discover graves of high-ranking Viking women. We recently saw a dig in Sweden, linked to the discovery of a Viking woman in Birka. Even accidentally, we have seen volunteers ...
Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of "unusual" Viking burial plots, as well as artifacts, which are spread over nine ...
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 ...