Whenever I think of Vikings, I must admit, I picture big, burly men with long beards and cool battle armor. But did you know that there are stories of a powerful Viking queen that stood out from the ...

New analysis of the world-famous Jelling Stone in Denmark suggests that a Viking queen was much more powerful than previously thought. Queen Thyra is best known as the wife and mother of early ...

Interestingly, no other known man or woman is mentioned as often in rune stone inscriptions as Queen Thrya, not even her husband, who was a king. So the next time you peruse some Viking history ...