In the 1800s, archaeologists dug up a major Norse find in Sweden.

A chamber grave located in the Viking town of Birka included a highly decorative tomb from the 10th century. The site was believed to be the resting place of a renowned warrior due to the ornate design and plethora of items within. As is the case with most ideas of the Viking age, the world assumed that the person inside was a man.

It wasn’t until 2017 that historians realized that the Viking warrior in question was actually a woman. Utilizing genomic sequencing, the archaeologists proved that female fighters not only existed but were respected amongst Vikings. The discovery disproved past theories that placed men universally at the top of the hierarchy in these centuries-old societies.

It seems that despite the patriarch

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