Xena Lived?

[R. Richard]

I ripped this off the Reuter Science wire. It appears that there were at least some women who actually lived the warrior life way back when. Comment?

Bones Suggest Women Went to War in Ancient Iran

Sat Dec 4, 8:47 AM ET Science - Reuters

TEHRAN (Reuters) - These days Iranian women are not even allowed to watch men compete on the football field, but 2,000 years ago they could have been carving the boys to pieces on the battlefield.

DNA tests on the 2,000-year-old bones of a sword-wielding Iranian warrior have revealed the broad-framed skeleton belonged to woman, an archaeologist working in the northwestern city of Tabriz said on Saturday.

"Despite earlier comments that the warrior was a man because of the metal sword, DNA tests showed the skeleton inside the tomb belonged to a female warrior," Alireza Hojabri-Nobari told the Hambastegi newspaper.

He added that the tomb, which had all the trappings of a warrior's final resting place, was one of 109 and that DNA tests were being carried out on the other skeletons.

Hambastegi said other ancient tombs believed to belong to women warriors have been unearthed close to the Caspian Sea.

 

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Kewl!!!!

Xena kicks ass.

 

[CharleyH]

Despite the fact that XENA IS KEWL, lol, there has already been much research by anthropoligists and archaeologists regarding this. In fact, they had traced the DNA of warrier women to present day Mongolia (I believe). Anyhow, forget my memory:

"The histories of the Greek Herodotus, written around the 5th century B.C., describe a group of female warriors who lost to the Greeks at the battle of Thermodon. Herodotus's Amazons were taken prisoner and put on ships, but overwhelmed and killed the Greek crew. Unable to sail themselves, the women drifted to the shores of the Black Sea, to the territory of the Scythians, a nomadic culture of Iranian descent. The women, Herodotus says, intermarried with the Scythian men, and convinced their new husbands to move northeast across the flat grassy plains, high mountains, and searing deserts of the Russian steppes, where the group eventually evolved into the Sauromatian culture."

PBS (USA) did a documentary months back, which I was fortunate enough to catch. Quite fascinating. This is where I took the above paragraph.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Despite the fact that XENA IS KEWL, lol, there has already been much research by anthropoligists and archaeologists regarding this. In fact, they had traced the DNA of warrier women to present day Mongolia (I believe). Anyhow, forget my memory:

"The histories of the Greek Herodotus, written around the 5th century B.C., describe a group of female warriors who lost to the Greeks at the battle of Thermodon. Herodotus's Amazons were taken prisoner and put on ships, but overwhelmed and killed the Greek crew. Unable to sail themselves, the women drifted to the shores of the Black Sea, to the territory of the Scythians, a nomadic culture of Iranian descent. The women, Herodotus says, intermarried with the Scythian men, and convinced their new husbands to move northeast across the flat grassy plains, high mountains, and searing deserts of the Russian steppes, where the group eventually evolved into the Sauromatian culture."

PBS (USA) did a documentary months back, which I was fortunate enough to catch. Quite fascinating. This is where I took the above paragraph.

I remember you sending me the link on that!!! The article was fascinating in itself. You should post the link, Loon.

 

[CharleyH]

I remember you sending me the link on that!!! The article was fascinating in itself. You should post the link, Loon.

Your wish is my command.
Amazons

Damn! Did I just say that

 

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Your wish is my command.
Amazons

Damn! Did I just say that

yes, you did...in public...woohoo.

Okay peeps, check out this article.

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

*whipping off my sunglasses* Xena!!! This is cool....I can hold out hope that Xena lived now!

 

[woodnymph_O]

great article

thanks for bringing it. Go Xena lol.