Most likely, though, it's just the same lack of imagination that turned real Viking women into a myth. Jess is an LA-based culture critic who covers intimacy in the digital age, from sex and ...

But that's not the whole story: “There were some rules in Viking society providing women with a little bit more privileged world than their sisters in the rest of Europe. For instance ...

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 ...

Quite a few stones that look like penises, so-called phallic stones, have been found. Now archaeologists believe they have ...

Treasure trove of jewellery, coins and ‘vulva stone’ discovered in Viking women’s graves - Findings add to growing body of research suggesting cosmopolitan nature of Viking Age trade ...

The 35-year-old, a former Royal Navy nurse now working as a home carer, is the first woman to take on the role of Viking chieftain – a position until now reserved for men. "I took a week to ...

The people of Shetland, a group of islands north of Scotland, are welcoming the arrival of spring in dramatic style – by burning viking longships. Up Helly Aa was first celebrated in 1881 and is ...