New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...
Related: Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark The Viking Age ... One grave, for example, features a woman buried in the distinctive cradle-like ...
Peter Pentz is the curator at the National Museum of Denmark ... “There were some rules in Viking society providing women with a little bit more privileged world than their sisters in ...
One woman, for example, was interred in a natural ... “most remarkable find” at Skumsnes—a rare variant from the Danish Viking town of either Hedeby or Ribe. This, along with what appear ...