Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

IN days of yore, Vikings were fearsome warriors with horns jutting from their helmets. We know this because we've seen it in the movies, on the opera stage or in Hagär the Horrible comic strips. Yet ...

We all recognize ancient Vikings from their distinctive helmets featuring horns – or at least that’s what imagery from popular culture has led us to believe. The reality is far more practical: It is ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what they think are the remains of a Viking Age woman buried with her dog in the far north of Norway. The remains were found late last month in a well-preserved "boat ...