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

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.

An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, ... Indeed, she fought with her hair unbound and streaming down her back.

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 ...

Still, she notes that the usual custom in Viking burials was cremation, which destroys all DNA, so other Viking warriors assumed to be men may have been women, too. The Hungarian woman "warrior ...

National Geographic show Killer Viking Warrior Women has uncovered the possibility the centuries-old remains of the fearsome female fighters could be buried under Repton, Derbyshire ...

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.

Viking warriors have a historical reputation as tough guys, with an emphasis on testosterone. But scientists now say that DNA has unveiled a Viking warrior woman who was previously found in a ...