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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society
New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.
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2 Viking swords buried upright might have connected the dead to Odin and Valhalla
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How Bloodthirsty Were Vikings? New Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions
Yet, Viking-era swords are relatively rare finds in Denmark ... denmark Vikings Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox daily. A new study shows that pregnancies during the ...
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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society
Burials of females interred with weapons have been found across ... hypermasculine image of the bearded, burly Viking warrior that has dominated the popular imagination for centuries.