Skull modification is a rarer phenomenon in Viking Age Gotland, with only three known cases, all of which are female. These women, buried in cemeteries at Ire and Havor, had artificially elongated ...

Consequently, we suggest that pregnant women who died weren't routinely buried with their unborn child and may not have been commemorated as one, symbiotic unity by Viking societies.

Ritual sacrifice was sometimes practiced in Viking times. A contemporary account by an Arab traveler of the burial of a Viking chieftain in Sweden, for instance, includes an execution of a female ...

Treasure trove of jewellery, coins and ‘vulva stone’ discovered in Viking women’s graves - Findings add to growing body of research suggesting cosmopolitan nature of Viking Age trade ...

Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’ 'From a research perspective, this is a small treasure trove.’ Andrew Paul Published Dec 23, 2024 12:29 PM EST ...

Viking women were just as integral to the expansion of their society than their male counterparts, thanks to a vital trade in their textiles.

How Did Vikings View Pregnant Women? New Research Reveals That They Were Sometimes Depicted With Weapons Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Archaeologists have confirmed that an ancient grave site unearthed recently in western Norway contains the remains of wealthy Viking women buried alongside jewellery, silver coins, and other ...