Female Viking warriors aren't a myth. DNA tests show a high-ranking Viking found in a 10th-century grave was a woman.

A high-status Viking warrior who was thought to be a man turns out to be a woman, a new DNA analysis finds. The remains of the warrior were buried with an array of warlike accessories, including ...

A warrior's grave. The late archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe uncovered the burial in 1878 in Birka, a Viking settlement that flourished from about 750 to 950 in what is now east-central Sweden. The ...

Writing on her blog, University of Nottingham professor of Viking studies Judith Jesch says, "I have always thought (and to some extent still do) that the fascination with women warriors, both in ...

Viking women were strong, even if they weren't warriors. Eking out a living on a farm in or near the Arctic 1,000 years ago took a certain type of robust character.

An incredible grave containing the skeleton of a Viking warrior, long thought to be male, has been confirmed as female, researchers say. The 10th-century grave, known as Bj. 581, was first discover… ...

This High-Ranking Viking Warrior Was a Woman DNA analysis shows that the elaborate grave of what appears to be a Viking officer was a real-life shieldmaiden. Ben Panko. September 11, 2017.

Facial reconstruction of the possible Viking warrior woman who was found in Norway. National Geographic. Al-Shamahi says that since the DNA analysis of the Birka warrior was published, pieces of ...

A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE. Her DNA tells another, more detailed story. “The Viking warrior female showed genetic affinity to present-day inhabitants of the British Islands (England and Scotland), the ...

The site reflected the ideal of Viking male warrior life, or so many archaeologists had thought. New DNA analyses of the bones, however, confirm a revelatory find: the grave belonged to a woman.

This High-Ranking Viking Warrior Was a Woman DNA analysis shows that the elaborate grave of what appears to be a Viking officer was a real-life shieldmaiden. Ben Panko. September 11, 2017.