One such burial was found when amateur metal detectorists came across partially exposed bronze brooches in the dirt in Norway’s remote Senja Island in 2023. A little digging revealed rib bones ...

“Only the elite would receive a burial like this,” the lead archaeologist noted. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the Viking burial of a high-status woman who was buried with her dog in a boat, ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that provides ...

Archaeologists from the Arctic University Museum of Norway discovered a Viking-age boat burial on Senja Island containing the remains of a high-status woman and her pet dog, along with a collection of ...

“Bellyfull.” “Unlight.” “A woman walking not alone.” These are all terms once used to describe pregnancy in the Viking Age, which has been a long-neglected subject in the study of Viking history. Now, ...

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