New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

Grab a set of rings or a bar at hip height. Walk your feet forward until you’re hanging with straight arms. Keeping your elbows close to your body, row yourself up towards the rings, pause here for a ...

Medieval Arab and Byzantine officials described ... archaeologist and Viking reenactor Andrew Nicholson has conducted experiments with Viking weapons. In combat, he says, the battle axes could ...

Vikings were fond of bestowing nasty nicknames on weapons, like Leg-Biter and Skull ... current exhibition was uncovered along with eight medieval cargo ships during dredging operations to build ...

“In many respects the Vikings were the medieval equivalent of organized ... all of whom had been decapitated with sharp weapons, most likely swords. Lab tests of the teeth suggested the men ...

The Battle of Evesham Medieval Market is on its way this month, bringing thousands of visitors to see stalls, battles, and live music ...

Her left arm is protected by a shield, while her right hand clutches a short double-edged sword. Valkyries were ... or the early Viking Age. It was found in a field where archaeologists and ...