{"id":50411,"date":"2017-09-12T00:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T00:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=50411"},"modified":"2017-09-12T00:19:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T00:19:32","slug":"viking-skeletons-dna-test-proves-historians-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=50411","title":{"rendered":"Viking skeleton\u2019s DNA test proves historians wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

The remains of a powerful Viking \u2014 long thought to be a man \u2014 was in fact a real-life Xena Warrior Princess, a study released Friday reveals.<\/p>\n

The lady war boss was buried in the mid-10th century along with deadly weapons and two horses, leading archaeologists and historians to assume she was a man, according to the findings published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.<\/p>\n

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Wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually a woman, somewhere over the age of 30 and fairly tall, too, measuring around [5 feet 6 inches] tall,\u201d archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson of Uppsala University, who conducted the study, told The Local.<\/p>\n

And she was likely in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAside from the complete warrior equipment buried along with her \u2014 a sword, an ax, a spear, armor-piercing arrows, a battle knife, shields, and two horses \u2014 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,\u201d Hedenstierna-Jonson said. \u201cShe\u2019s most likely planned, led and taken part in battles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discovery marks the first genetic proof that women were Viking warriors, according to science publication Phys.org.<\/p>\n

The Viking grave was first found and excavated by Swedish archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe in the late 1800s.<\/p>\n

But a few years ago, osteologist Anna Kjellstr\u00f6m of Stockholm University noticed its skeleton had fine cheekbones and feminine hip bones, researches said.<\/p>\n

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