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

Three generations of ancient women warriors were recently uncovered in a Russian tomb. Buried with dozens of weapons, including knives and an iron hook in the shape of a bird, they date back to the ...

Amleth (who embodies the traditional hypermasculine Viking warrior ideal that dominates today's modern reimaginings of this ancient history ... Then an armor-clad woman on horseback storms ...

This nameless Viking woman seems to have commanded the respect ... participants meet fellow enthusiasts and share their knowledge of ancient Viking culture. Photographs by David Guttenfelder ...

In the heart of Norway, beneath the earth’s ancient layers ... a time capsule of Viking culture, craftsmanship, and beliefs, ...

In Norway, a Viking woman's grave found at Skei contained a ... Dane was no more than a grizzly legend after all. The skin, ancient though it was, had once belonged to a cow.