Female Viking warriors aren't a myth. DNA tests show a high-ranking Viking found in a 10th-century grave was a woman.

This High-Ranking Viking Warrior Was a Woman DNA analysis shows that the elaborate grave of what appears to be a Viking officer was a real-life shieldmaiden. Ben Panko. September 11, 2017.

A high-status Viking warrior who was thought to be a man turns out to be a woman, a new DNA analysis finds. The remains of the warrior were buried with an array of warlike accessories, including ...

An incredible grave containing the skeleton of a Viking warrior, long thought to be male, has been confirmed as female, researchers say. The 10th-century grave, known as Bj. 581, was first discover… ...

Artist's reconstruction of the Langeland grave. Mirosław Kuźma. A 10th-century grave in Denmark was long thought to contain the bones of a warrior believed to be a Viking woman.

A warrior's grave. The late archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe uncovered the burial in 1878 in Birka, a Viking settlement that flourished from about 750 to 950 in what is now east-central Sweden. The ...

The site reflected the ideal of Viking male warrior life, or so many archaeologists had thought. New DNA analyses of the bones, however, confirm a revelatory find: the grave belonged to a woman.

The tale of the Viking woman warrior from Birka continues to capture our imaginations. She has even been called a "real-life Viking version" of Game of Thrones' iconic female knight, Brienne of ...

New evidence of Viking warrior women might not be what it seems Experts cast doubt on a recent DNA discovery in a mysterious Swedish grave. Annalee Newitz – Sep 14, 2017 3:47 pm | 97 ...

Facial reconstruction of the possible Viking warrior woman who was found in Norway. National Geographic. Al-Shamahi says that since the DNA analysis of the Birka warrior was published, pieces of ...

An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, archaeologists concluded a grave in the small town was for male warrior, but new evidence ...

The warrior was, in fact, female. And not just any female, but a Viking warrior woman, a shieldmaiden, like the ancient Brienne of Tarth from “Game of Thrones. ...