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 ...

In 2017, a group of researchers in Sweden did a genetic analysis on the bones of a warrior Viking, long assumed to be male. However, the results showed that the individual had XX chromosomes ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

On an island not far from what's now Stockholm, Sweden, a trading settlement called Birka was established around 750 CE. It's thought to have become the first real urban center in Scandinavia ...

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 ...

The grave of a Viking warrior has been revealed beyond reasonable doubt to belong to a woman, challenging our understanding of ancient societies. The burial site of the warrior, first discovered ...

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 ...

But I'm also sick of each one making the same exact mistake by sidelining the best part of real-world Viking history: the absolute badassery of their warrior women (AKA shieldmaidens).