The invading Viking Hordes were all guys, right?

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For those who believe that in all medieval cultures the women stayed home... Not with the Vikings, evidently. Archeologists examining the structure of Viking warrior skeletons rather than simply assuming that because they're buried with armor and weapons they must be male, are finding that approximately half of them are woman...

Take that, patriarchal society!

(with thanks to supergee for the point!)

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Boudica

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Hmmm, there was something in the news about her ...



Aha! http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29055933

Jewelry box found from around her time. I'm always skeptical though about linking it to her. That's the sexy newsworthy story, of course.

Re: Boudica

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Exactly. Anything found that dates to around 60 C.E. gets attributed to Boudica in the headlines.