Pregnancy was deeply political and far from uniform in meaning for Viking-age communities. It shaped – and was shaped by – ...

As a provocation, Helgi wipes his bloody spear on Guđrun’s clothes and over her belly. He declares: “I think that under the ...

Steel in anime means a whole lot more than mere sparks and clashing sound effects. A well-drawn blade can settle kingdoms, ...

ANSTO scientists from the Australian Center for Neutron Scattering were members of an interdisciplinary team led by the ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents in Europe," and one is ...

In the debut season, Ragnar is consumed by the idea of voyaging to England, despite pushback from local leaders and his wife Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), a Viking warrior. His arrival on English soil ...

Master of the axe and sword, the hero on whom all of Scandinavia rests ... that a hero alone is not a warrior. This is not Dynasty Warriors 9: Viking Edition. 50-70 enemies in one patrol is a standard ...

You can also win in a variety of ways, with some Viking-themed special win conditions such as being the first to forge Odin's Sword or discovering and taking control of Yggdrasil. It even has ...