Like the shield-maiden of Solør, this woman was buried ... Norway, until Nov. 22. "Viking Warrior Woman" first aired on Nov. 3 on the National Geographic channel.

Viking mythology and lore are filled ... Norway has several of what have been nicknamed "shield-maiden" burials, after the women warriors of Scandinavian folklore. One is the Nordre Kjølen ...

raising the question of whether female warriors were actually regarded as men in Viking Age society. However, because most of the armed female figurines have been discovered as isolated finds ...

Amleth (who embodies the traditional hypermasculine Viking warrior ideal that dominates today's modern reimaginings of this ancient history) is partaking in the spoils of a violent raid on an ...

Chock full of weapons, gaming equipment, and two horses, the 10th century AD burial was assumed to be that of a powerful male Viking warrior. But the skeleton had some traits that suggested the ...

My first introduction to the world of warrior women was through ... this braid screams Shield Maiden realness. This braid takes the traditional viking inspiration and makes it a little softer ...

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 ...

A mysterious female warrior discovered in a Viking grave in Denmark was originally thought to be a Viking. But now, researchers have made a surprising discovery about this fierce warrior who died ...