Excavations revealed the graves of three highly respected and wealthy Viking women from the early ninth century.

For centuries, the image of a monk hunched over a desk, painstakingly copying manuscripts by candlelight, has dominated our ...

Women in the Viking Age by Judith Jesch (Woodbridge, Boydell, 1991). A general survey using archaeological, runic and literary evidence. Women in Old Norse Society by Jenny Jochens (Cornell UP, 1995).

Kassiani (also known as Kassia) was a ninth-century abbess and composer born in Constantinople around 810 AD. And her music is heart-stoppingly beautiful – just listen… She was one of the first ...

The woman in the grave died in 9th century and was discovered around a thousand years later by the famous Swedish archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe, who spent years excavating the grave sites around Birka.

An Old Testament scholar has discovered that a seal found in 1964 and dating from the 9th century BCE belonged to the biblical figure Queen Jezebel. The seal's symbols served as the basis for ...

This ancient ninth century temple, located almost 190 km away from Dehradun, is a monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and one of the most popular temples in the area ...

Local historians believe the remains date back to the 9th century. ... He added "Altogether more than 300 people went down with that ship, mostly women and children." ...