There has always been something that has drawn me to the irrevocably badass warrior women of our culture. Perhaps it's the fact that their strength rivals that which is typically associated with ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Join archaeologists examining the history-changing DNA of a female Viking warrior.

DNA testing has confirmed that women were Viking warriors, not just men. Yet even with DNA evidence on the side of women wielding Viking swords, some experts still don't believe it.

But because Viking women weren’t typically buried with weapons—unlike their male counterparts—researchers reached into sagas and mythology to explain the armed female figurines and concluded ...

Female Viking warriors aren't a myth. A DNA study of a skeleton shows a high-ranking Viking was a woman.

DNA evidence from a Viking grave has returned a startling result, proving for the first time that men were not the only warriors in society.

Sarah Percy’s global history of female fighters on the battlefield stretches from Viking-era Europe to 20th-century Vietnam and beyond.

National Geographic show Killer Viking Warrior Women has uncovered the possibility the centuries-old remains of the fearsome female fighters could be buried under Repton, Derbyshire ...

What Real Vikings Wore, According to Archaeologists Popular culture usually gets Viking garb wrong. Here’s what research says about the appearances of these infamous travelers, warriors and (mostly) ...

It seems Vikings were the David Beckham of their day as they favoured headstrong, independent women and kept well trimmed facial hair - waxing, plaiting and trimming their beards to woo ladies.