Real Life Xena Warrior Princess

[scottanderson]

She even played wargames!



nypost.com/2017/09/08/viking-skeletons-dna-test-proves-historians-wrong/

[Admin Pete]

You beat me to posting this. Great story! 

[hengest]

Awesome. Link still works.

Plus, the original publication: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.23308

Quote from article in OP:

“Aside from the complete warrior equipment buried along with her — a sword, an ax, a spear, armor-piercing arrows, a battle knife, shields, and two horses — she had a board game in her lap, or more of a war-planning game used to try out battle tactics and strategies, which indicates she was a powerful military leader,” Hedenstierna-Jonson said. “She’s most likely planned, led and taken part in battles.”

Plus: grave, plus artist's rendition of its original appearance.
 

[The Perilous Dreamer]

It is only in recent years that the traditional views of the past are starting to be replaced with reality.

[hengest]

Feb 19, 2022 11:59:12 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

It is only in recent years that the traditional views of the past are starting to be replaced with reality.

It's funny. When you think of the past as some kind of super-storybook, everything looks pretty cut and cried. When you look at actual evidence, all of a sudden it's way more complex and insane, just like our times.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Feb 19, 2022 15:22:01 GMT -5 hengest said:

Feb 19, 2022 11:59:12 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

It is only in recent years that the traditional views of the past are starting to be replaced with reality.

It's funny. When you think of the past as some kind of super-storybook, everything looks pretty cut and cried. When you look at actual evidence, all of a sudden it's way more complex and insane, just like our times.

The elite always have a preferred narrative, a story they tell about how they wanted it to be.

[Vladimir, The Dark Prince]

My kind of woman.