New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

Burial Chamber Reveals 1,200-Year-Old Upright Viking Swords, Symbol of Respect to Valhalla Warriors Two ancient Viking swords were discovered in a stone burial chamber in central Sweden during a ...

Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations ... than a grizzly legend after all. The skin, ancient though it was, had once belonged to a cow.