In Norway, the grave of a Viking woman has been found with shells covering her mouth, a unique and unprecedented burial ...

Archeologists recently uncovered a massive cache of jewelry, silver coins, and other relics at ancient gravesites in western Norway. At least three of them appear to belong to a trio of highly ...

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Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

The saying goes that a dog is a man’s best friend, but an archaeological excavation in Norway proves that women care about their four-legged companions just as much as men do, even 1,100 years ago.

The Vikings of legend were fearless male warriors who raided coastal towns across Europe. But archaeological research shows that Viking women were just as integral to the expansion of Viking society ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 10th-century Viking woman in Norway who was buried in a boat grave along with her pet dog, shedding more light on special funerary rituals reserved for ...