If you’ve watched Vikings—the History Channel’s hit show that ran from 2013 to 2020—you know it’s way more than just sword fights, ship raids, and intense stares across longhouses.

“Every rune carver develops his own motor skill ... In recent years, archaeologists have revised prior interpretations of Viking warrior burials as exclusively male, finding that Viking women ...

"The inscriptions are not a Viking script, but a combination of [runic languages] Elder Futhark ... and I left the park with visions of bearded warriors striding through the same boulder-strewn ...

The finds hint at a nuanced picture of Viking society — one where most warriors were men but a person's class and profession had the biggest impact on who went to war. "Women can be as strong ...