Viking warrior skeleton identified as female, 128 years after its discovery For more than a century after it was found, a skeleton ensconced in a Viking grave, surrounded by military weapons, was ...

It's a hell of a story: DNA analysis of a 10th century skeleton found at a burial in the Swedish town of Birka -- a huge trade hub -- revealed that a Viking military leader was actually a woman.

Swedish Viking Age Researchers from Stockholm University and Uppsala University uncovered new DNA evidence proving that female Viking warriors existed. The testing identified some of the remains ...

DNA testing has confirmed that women were Viking warriors, not just men. Yet even with DNA evidence on the side of women wielding Viking swords, some experts still don't believe it.

So far, Gardeła reports, there's scant evidence that Viking women took part in combat. At least one suspected female warrior’s grave, however, suggests that she may have been battle-ready.

But, in 2016, researchers reexamined the Viking’s skeleton and saw indicators that lead them to believe the warrior was female. The team then tested the remains’ nuclear DNA from a tooth and ...

The scholars reported Sept. 8 that their findings, based on DNA tests, “suggest that women, indeed, were able to be full members of male-dominated spheres” in Viking society.

The findings raise questions about the role of women in Viking society, which has historically been thought of as a testosterone-fueled, patriarchal culture, the researchers say. "The ...

Science Viking warrior in ancient grave turns out to be a woman Female Viking warriors aren't a myth. DNA tests show a high-ranking Viking found in a 10th-century grave was a woman.

Some scientists suspect the grave held a Viking warrior woman, but that’s a controversial view. Evald Hansen, C. Hedenstierna-Jonson et al/Amer. J. of Phys. Anthro. 2017 ...

The roles of men and women in Viking culture remain the subject of intense academic debate. Back in 2017, DNA testing revealed a set of famous warrior remains from Birka, Sweden, belonged to a ...

No more. The warrior was, in fact, female. And not just any female, but a Viking warrior woman, a shieldmaiden, like an ancient Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of the Dragons from “Game of Thrones.” ...