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Pendant showing the only known Viking-Age depiction of a pregnant body. The artefact was found in a 10th century, Swedish burial for a woman, buried with a rich and varied artefacts assemblage as well as animals -- one interpretations is that she was a 'seeress'/ritual specialist. Credit: O. Myrin, The Swedish History Museum/SHM

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A First! This Study on Pregnancy in the Viking Age Illuminates Warrior Women and the Fate of Babies

14 May 2025

A groundbreaking interdisciplinary study by Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester has shed new light on the...

At Skumsnes on the west coast of Norway, archaeologists have excavated three wealthy women's graves from the Viking Age. Image Credit: University Museum of Bergen

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Archaeologists Uncovered Rich Viking Women’s Graves in Norway

23 December 2024

Archaeologists have discovered a wealth of Viking Age history on a treasure trove at Skumsnes farm in Fitjar, Norway’s west...

Artificially modified skull from the female individual in grave 192 from Havor, Hablingbo parish, Gotland. © SHM/Johnny Karlsson 2008-11-05 (CC BY 2.5 SE)

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Three Strange Skull Modifications Discovered in Viking Women

31 March 2024

In recent years, research has provided evidence for permanent body modification in the Viking Age. The latest of these investigations...