Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Researchers Uncover New Evidence That Warrior Women Inspired Legend of Mulan

History is probably full of warrior women! Except that their history was not recorded very well or that we have not cared enough to discover it.

" ... That’s why Lee and Gonzalez were surprised when they stumbled across two female Xianbei skeletons unearthed in modern-day Mongolia. Both bore familiar marks on their bones—ones traditionally attributed to strenuous activities like horseback riding and archery. The findings stem from a re-analysis of previously discovered remains found at 29 ancient burial sites, and may have been missed by colleagues in the anthropologists’ male-dominated field of study, ... "



Researchers Uncover New Evidence That Warrior Women Inspired Legend of Mulan | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine: Nearly 2,000 years ago, women who rode horseback and practiced archery may have roamed the steppes of Mongolia

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