When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Epic Warrior Women: Vikings (8 p.m., Smithsonian) - This documentary reveals new groundbreaking archaeological findings from a small island in central Sweden that uncover a startling twist to history ...

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 ...

"More than a millennium ago, in what’s now southeastern Sweden, a wealthy Viking warrior was laid to rest in a resplendent grave filled with swords, arrowheads, and two sacrificed horses. For years, ...

Renaissance Beauty: hair, makeup and skincare in the 16th century India between empires: the long 18th century Alexandria: city of knowledge and culture Hannibal of Carthage: fearsome enemy of ancient ...

In the 1870s a Viking trading post was discovered on the Swedish island of Björkö. Archaeologists unearthed a rich collection of burial chambers filled with amber, textiles, gold and silver. One ...

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 ...

1. Nancy Marie Brown employs both hard science and her knowledge of Icelandic sagas for this sweeping view of the Viking Age, drawn from a focus on a single life. In 2017, DNA tests on remains found ...