The re-evaluation of Viking archaeological findings through modern eyes has yielded notable gender switches in recent years. Photo: Handout
Vikings were known for brutality and chauvinism as they pillaged their way across Europe, but a new book has claimed that some of the Nordic warriors might have secretly been transgender men.
In The Children Of Ash & Elm: A History Of The Vikings, Neil Price, professor of archaeology and ancient history at Sweden’s Uppsala University, re-examined the case of a Viking warrior grave excavated in 1889.
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