Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered ...

Her left arm is protected by a shield, while her right hand clutches a short double-edged sword. Valkyries were responsible ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered ...

Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail The Vikings wore helmets with ...

The Hårby Valkyrie, a 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine ... maiden who served Odin, the Norse god of war. The figurine is armed with a sword and shield, and features a ponytail—an ...

Her left arm is protected by a shield, while her right hand clutches ... These assistants to the Norse god of war then accompanied the dead warriors to Valhalla, where they served them plenty ...