A high-status Viking warrior who was thought to be a man turns out to be a woman, a new DNA analysis finds. The remains of the warrior were buried with an array of warlike accessories, including ...
Female Viking warriors aren't a myth. DNA tests show a high-ranking Viking found in a 10th-century grave was a woman. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...
The grave of a Viking warrior has been revealed beyond reasonable doubt to belong to a woman, challenging our understanding of ancient societies. The burial site of the warrior, first discovered in ...
In 2017, a group of researchers in Sweden did a genetic analysis on the bones of a warrior Viking, long assumed to be male. However, the results showed that the individual had XX chromosomes, ...
A 10th-century grave in Denmark was long thought to contain the bones of a warrior believed to be a Viking woman. But a new analysis of the grave, located on the island of Langeland, suggests that the ...
More than a thousand years ago, a Viking woman was laid to rest with the full honors of a mighty warrior, including weapons, armor and two horses. But when researchers discovered her remains in 1880s, ...
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 ...
More than a millennium ago in what’s now southeastern Sweden, a wealthy Viking warrior was laid to rest, in a resplendent grave filled with swords, arrowheads, and two sacrificed horses. The site ...
This one goes out to all my fellow shieldmaidens: researchers have confirmed through ancient DNA testing that the warrior buried in a famous Viking grave was a woman. Researchers have excavated ...
In 2017, a team of Swedish archaeologists announced an exciting discovery: They had, for the first time, identified the remains of a Viking woman warrior. A DNA analysis of a Viking Age skeleton ...
Artist's impression of the occupant of grave Bj.581 as a high-status female warrior, left, and a sketch of grave Bj. 581. Christer Åhlin, Swedish History Museum/Antiquity Publications Ltd An ...
A Polish researcher believes he has identified the grave of an ancient warrior woman buried on the Danish island of Langeland. Leszek Gardeła, from Germany's University of Bonn, noticed something ...
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