They read a research article based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age town of Varnhem. The town’s thousands of ancient graves hold many well-preserved Viking skeletons.

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

More than 200 impersonators took part in the march through Coppergate - where a Viking town was discovered in the 1970s - before arriving at the ticketed Viking games event. Gareth Henry ...