Viking shield maidens have formed part of the fantasies of that era for many years, but they couldn’t be real, could they?

Well, a recent archaeological discovery seems to suggest they may well be.

According to research in the University of western Australia, many skeletons that had previously been identified as male just because they had been buried with weapons, were in fact women!
After examining the bones in detail the researchers found that approximately half the warriors were female and given a full Viking burial as warriors along with their weapons.

Read the full article at the Vintage News.