Thanks to a 12th-century Danish historian, we have so many details about the Viking era to consume. Saxo Grammaticus was […] ...

There's a background character in The Northman you probably blinked and missed. But her appearance, however brief, electrified me more than any other thrill in director Robert Eggers' bombastic ...

Should we rethink the role of women in ancient societies? For more than 100 years, a high-ranking Viking warrior was assumed to be male. Dr Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson has been studying the ...

Three generations of ancient women warriors were recently uncovered in a Russian tomb. Buried with dozens of weapons, including knives and an iron hook in the shape of a bird, they date back to the ...