Jewelry found in Skumsnes by metal detectorists led archaeologists to over 20 Viking graves with coins ... The 1,160-year-old grave belonged to a powerful woman and had stones arranged in the ...

Three high-status women, though perhaps not Scandinavians themselves, were, or perhaps were not, interred there.

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable artifacts from Viking graves in Norway — all ... which were filled with coins, jewelry and other treasure, belonged to wealthy women.