These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part of ...

The Viking Age was relatively short ... of Britain and we are going to start with the invasion of the Great Heathen Army. The first half of this invasion was concluded at the battle of Ashdown ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Museum Odense An extraordinary Viking burial ground with the almost-complete ...

Archaeologist Cat Jarman, a Viking Age specialist, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Vikings. When did the Viking Age begin? How do we know about the Vikings?

Gabrielsson, he is a Danish warlord and second in command to Ubba of the Great Heathen Army ... players in Viking sagas include explorer Lief Erikkson and shield maidens Lagertha and Freydís ...

the Great Heathen Army. Cat Jarman St Wystan's sits next to a part of the old River Trent (top left) used by Viking longships "Repton is of quite extraordinary significance as a place where not ...

Beaver County Heathen Festival co-founder Tina Kamicker said she chose the event's name for authenticity's sake. Families attending the event can look forward to Viking/Heathen re-enactors and ...

A scattering of rivets found in a field in Norway could be evidence of a Viking Age ship burial. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The elongated, cone-shaped skulls of Viking Age women buried on the Baltic island of Gotland may be evidence of trading contacts with the Black Sea region, a new study finds. The women's skulls ...