Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

In Peru, archaeologists just uncovered the 9,000-year-old remains of teenage girl — who appears to have been a big game hunter. Her grave contained a 24-piece hunting toolkit which included spear tips ...

A woman buried with archery equipment in 10th-century Hungary is unusual but may not necessarily have been a warrior.

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 ...

Lagertha, known in the sagas as a formidable warrior, is a figure who has transcended ... Some argue that she might be an amalgamation of several Viking women whose deeds were merged into a ...

But while studying the warrior’s pelvic bones and mandible, Kjellström discovered that the man was in fact a woman. This nameless Viking woman seems to have commanded the respect of many Viking ...