Her grave also contained a bag of gaming pieces ... but I think the main feature of this individual is that she was a warrior." Most Viking women were likely not warriors, so this woman may ...

One of the women was buried in a natural rock crevice and then covered with stones. Within the grave, archaeologists discovered jewelry and oval-shaped brooches typical of Viking women’s attire.

Archaeologists have confirmed that an ancient grave site unearthed recently in western Norway contains the remains of wealthy Viking women buried alongside jewellery, silver coins, and other ...

Despite each grave’s wealth of jewelry and personal belongings, none contain any bones from the Viking women themselves. One possible reason has to do with the environmental conditions of Skumsnes.

The first grave dated back about 1,150 years, belonged to a woman and sat in “a natural crack in the mountain,” Diinhoff said. A photo shows the Viking grave. Although looted previously ...