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Woman From Ancient Burial May Have Been a Viking Warrior, Brutal Head Injury Suggests

Researchers have identified what may be the first evidence of a Viking woman with a battle injury—potentially casting new light on gender roles in ancient Scandinavian society. National Geographic ...
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50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon'

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Museum Odense An extraordinary Viking burial ground with the almost-complete skeletons of ...
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Study shows how Viking age left mark on genetics of Scandinavians

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of today's Scandinavians, according to scientists who also documented the ...
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Viking-era woman sheds light on Iceland’s earliest settlers

ATLANTA — Iceland’s “woman in blue,” the partial skeleton of a young woman found in 1938 in a grave with Viking-era objects, was a child of some of the island’s earliest settlers, researchers reported ...
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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society

In Birka, Sweden, there is a roughly 1,000-year-old Viking burial teeming with lethal weapons — a sword, an ax-head, spears, knives, shields and a quiver of arrows — as well as riding equipment and ...