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Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Denmark’s countryside has produced an outsized share of the archaeological record for the Viking Age, and a newly excavated ...

A hobbyist sweeping a metal detector across a field in Trøndelag, Norway, expected to find little more than a stray coin or a ...

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social status, and the harsh realities of life and death. Reading time 4 minutes ...

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered that pregnant women were depicted in art and literature with martial gear, and ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets; foetuses set to avenge their fathers; and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Researchers are now investigating a Viking Age grave with preserved skeletal remains and jewelry. The grave was found at Val in Bjugn, in Trøndelag County. A discovery by a metal detectorist alerted ...

Scandinavian museums use Viking history to negotiate the tension between popular myths, archaeological evidence, and modern ...

If you visit Scandinavia you are likely to find yourself at an exhibition about Vikings. There are many to choose from. Obviously, Scandinavian national museums expect that audiences, domestic and ...