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The remains of a Viking woman and what was presumably her pet dog have been unearthed in a ceremonial boat grave on an island in Northern Norway. The small dog appears to have been placed at the woman ...

Vikings told the story of Ragnar Lothbrok, his first wife, Lagertha, and a host of other notable Scandinavians who lived, worked, and fought their way through the earliest part of the so-called Viking ...

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“Bellyfull.” “Unlight.” “A woman walking not alone.” These are all terms once used to describe pregnancy in the Viking Age, which has been a long-neglected subject in the study of Viking history. Now, ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers – and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. Pregnancy has perhaps been ...