Excavations revealed the graves of three highly respected and wealthy Viking women from the early ninth century.

Despite each grave’s wealth of jewelry and personal belongings, none contain any bones from the Viking women themselves. One possible reason has to do with the environmental conditions of Skumsnes.

Archaeologists recently found an artifact-filled Viking-era burial site in Denmark — revealing treasures that once belonged ...

Archaeologists subsequently concluded that it was a Viking boat burial for an elite woman who lived over 1,100 years ago.

They also indicate that the buried individual was a woman, given that oval brooches were usually Viking women’s jewelry, though only bone analysis can confirm this beyond a doubt.

Treasure trove of jewellery, coins and ‘vulva stone’ discovered in Viking women’s graves. Findings add to growing body of research suggesting cosmopolitan nature of Viking Age trade ...

These women, buried in cemeteries at Ire and Havor, had artificially elongated skulls. This was an unusual practice in Scandinavia but more commonly associated with Central and Eastern European ...

In total, archaeologists fully excavated the womens' two graves, and were able to analyze a third one that was not fully excavated but contained a gilded brooch and 25 glass beads.

An x-ray of a soil block from the site revealed an oval brooch, an iconic Viking Age jewelry piece associated with women's garments, covered with wood and human remains.

Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’ Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’ By Andrew Paul ...

Vikings were well-traveled, ... some of the jewelry did not originate in Denmark. ... "This type of burial is reserved for high-status women in Viking Age society," Borre Lundø said.