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Viking Age women may have wielded weapons when pregnant, sagas and ancient artifacts hint
Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...
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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
New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...
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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
It's possible, albeit controversial, that this woman was a warrior about 1,000 years ago. (Image credit: Drawing by Harald Olsen; Public Domain) What the burials hold ...