Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...

As a provocation, Helgi wipes his bloody spear on Guđrun’s clothes and over her belly. He declares: “I think that under the ...

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...

Being pregnant in the Viking Age was surely no picnic, but this experience has been largely ignored, in part because there ...

Pregnancy was deeply political and far from uniform in meaning for Viking-age communities. It shaped – and was shaped by – ...

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail The Vikings wore helmets with ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge ... study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma ...

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered ...

Wren goes to the Museum of South Australia, which is hosting a hoard of Viking treasure! It’s the first time that the collection has travelled outside of the UK and curators say it’s a good chance for ...