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 ...

As intriguing as filing teeth is, the skulls of three women are even more puzzling. Skull modification is a rarer phenomenon ...

Shetland's famous Up Helly Aa fire festival has seen the traditional dramatic burning of a replica Viking galley. For the first time in the event's 143-year-old history, women and girls joined the ...