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Tomb reveals warrior women who roamed the ancient Caucasus

Dagger and arrows interred in a grave 3,000 years ago provide evidence of female warriors.
Drawings of the women graves of the 13/12-9 centuries BC, with weapons

An artist's impression of two women, buried in ancient times, whose skeletons suggest that they took part in military activity. Credit: A. Y. Khudaverdyan et al./Int. J. Osteoarchaeol.

The skeletons of two women who lived some 3,000 years ago in what is now Armenia suggest that they were involved in military battles — probably as horse-riding, arrow-shooting warriors1.

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Nature 601, 169 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03828-1

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  1. Khudaverdyan, A. Y., Yengibaryan, A. A., Khachatryan, H. H. & Hovhanesyan, A. A. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3077 (2021).

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