The free “Learn to Fight Like ... to the shield’s reinforced center. Another possible bit of Viking trivia: The Vikings must have been ridiculously fit. The steel sword Mikkelsen uses in ...

Viking armies were organized into boat crews, usually a group of a few dozen men from the same village or town. These “shield ... and fight together,” says Igor Gorewicz, a sword expert ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly qualities or who became a man, raising the question of whether female ...

Dirt crunched under Thorson the Viking's feet ... time she banged her sword on a piece of armor or a shield. Her elbows and shoulders ached. She kept training, fighting in tournaments and getting ...

his right hand gripped to the brown leather handle of his Viking sword, and his left holding a canvas-covered wooden shield.

kind of like a proud Pipi Longstocking stance, and said: 'Papa I found a sword!'" AS IT HAPPENS: Remains found of possible Viking warrior woman AS IT HAPPENS: Woman's 80-year-old discovery ID'd ...

Her left arm is protected by a shield, while her right hand clutches a short double-edged sword. Valkyries were ... or the early Viking Age. It was found in a field where archaeologists and ...