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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 ...
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Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail
Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...
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Rare Viking-Era Sword Resurfaces After a Thousand Years
One such moment happened in 2022 when a museum employee diving in Poland’s Supraśl River stumbled upon a relic lost for centuries — a Viking-era sword. Two years later, after painstaking ...
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Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail
Her left arm is protected by a shield, while her right hand clutches a short double-edged sword. Valkyries were ... or the early Viking Age. It was found in a field where archaeologists and ...