Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy ...

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Since 2022, Jarrett and his intrepid crews have navigated multiple voyages aboard an open, square-rigged clinker boat built ...

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Sue Concannon leads Irish Sailing, boosting female participation. Lough Derg set for busy 2025 with major racing events ...

A former Norwegian soldier fell in love with Ukraine. Unable to not act, he founded an organization so he could bring help ...

Why is there so little talk of Ireland’s role in the foundation of Iceland? If we in Ireland have distant cousins living just ...

"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and Viking scholars have been reluctant to acknowledge the agency of women with ...

This discovery was unusual not only for the richness of its grave goods but also for its ninth-century occupants: two elite women, one believed by some to be a sorceress. Museum of the Viking Age ...

not a single soul had seen this cross since the ninth century. Experts believe it was purposefully buried with the rest of the relics and was once worn by a cleric or king. Indeed, Dr. Martin Goldberg ...

Three high-status women, though perhaps not Scandinavians ... Dating to the mid-9th century when the Viking age was in full swing, the provenance of some of the items almost certainly came through ...

Søren Diinhoff / University Museum of Bergen Archaeologists have unearthed coins, jewelry and stones from graves in Norway that likely belonged to high-status Viking women, reports Science ...