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Excavators discovered a silver ring inside a female Viking's grave in Birka, Sweden that completely changed our understanding of history. The ring was made of high-quality violet glass and inscribed with ancient Kufic Arabic script reading "For Allah." It turns out the Vikings were not just raiders who terrorized the coasts of England and France. They were also sophisticated long-distance businessmen who traveled thousands of miles across Russia to the Middle East. The Vikings prized silver abov
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For over a century archaeologists viewed a 10th-century grave in Birka, Sweden as a typical high-ranking Viking warrior burial. The grave contained a sword, an axe, a spear, arrows, a battle knife, two shields and two horses, leading experts to assume the warrior was male. In 2017 modern DNA analysis revealed the skeleton had two X chromosomes. Additional evidence, including gaming pieces used to plan tactics, indicated the warrior was a military leader, proving that women held powerful roles in
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