The grave held a sword, usually buried with men, as well as a mirror, usually buried with women. Historic England Archive In 1999, a farmer stumbled upon an Iron Age grave on Bryher, a small island ...

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A roughly 2,000-year-old woman with a potentially violent streak has emerged from skeletal rubble found on an island off southwestern England’s coast. A jumble of tooth and bone fragments in a Late ...

A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

An ancient skeleton excavated at a site near Tbilisi has been kept at Georgia's National Museum for nearly a century -- but archaeologists are now giving it a closer look. They say the woman who was ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield. An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from ...

Zorita de los Canes Castle in central Spain, where the 25 skeletons were discovered Roman Santos via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 Researchers in Spain have discovered the remains of a woman who ...

The Woman King forged Viola Davis into a warrior — not just onscreen as the formidable general Nanisca, but in the years-long process of getting the tale of the Agojie, the all-female army who ...

A man digging in his yard to build an extension of his house in southern Norway has unearthed the 1,100-year-old grave of a Viking warrior who was buried with weapons. The finds include a rusty iron ...

Archaeologists in England used a tooth enamel analysis to confirm that a 2,000-year-old burial contained a female warrior. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...