New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Photographs by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT GUSTAVIANUM, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Viking warriors fought for riches and reputation with swords such as this, discovered at Gnezdovo, Russia.

He defended his PhD at the University of Uppsala in 2002. His research focuses on early medieval North c. 400-1100 CE, especially the Viking Age, and the historical archaeology of the Asia-Pacific ...