New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Over 1,000 years ago, when the Vikings sailed to Vinland, now known as Newfoundland, multiple women were among the group, including Freydís Eiríksdóttir. During the expedition, she cemented ...

Three generations of ancient women warriors were recently uncovered in a Russian tomb. Buried with dozens of weapons, ...

But while many associate the Viking Age with all-conquering male warriors, curators say it was ... they had a follower, a woman, an old woman who could foresee the outcome of a battle.