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 discovered ...

For more than a century after it was found, a skeleton ensconced in a Viking grave, surrounded by military weapons, was assumed to be that of a battle-hardened male. No more. The warrior was, in fact, ...

A MEDIEVAL skeleton long thought to have belonged to a powerful male Viking was in fact that of an axe-wielding Norsewoman. The body was discovered alongside a cache of fearsome weapons in the late ...

Swedish scientists have revealed that the body of a Viking warrior long presumed to be male is, in fact, female. A team of researchers from Stockholm University conducted a DNA analysis of the ...

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The remains of a powerful Viking — long thought to be a man — was in fact a real-life Xena Warrior Princess, a study released Friday reveals. The lady war boss was buried in the mid-10th century along ...

Artist's impression of the occupant of grave Bj.581 as a high-status female warrior, left, and a sketch of grave Bj. 581. Christer Åhlin, Swedish History Museum/Antiquity Publications Ltd An ...

STOCKHOLM — When a team of scholars announced that a famous Viking tomb in Sweden contained the remains of a woman, it seemed to provide long-awaited support for legends of female Viking warriors that ...

One thousand years ago a Viking 'warrior of high status' was buried in a 17ft (5 metre) boat at a site in western Scotland. Today, all that remains of the mysterious fighter are two teeth and a grave ...

Forget Hagar the horrible - it was more like Helga the terrible. Viking women accompanied their male partners to Britain in far greater numbers than had been previously thought, a study has shown.

For more than a century after it was found, a skeleton ensconced in a Viking grave, surrounded by military weapons, was assumed to be that of a battle-hardened man. No more. The warrior was, in fact, ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Vikings were known for brutality and chauvinism as they pillaged their way across Europe, but a new book has claimed that some of the Nordic warriors might have ...