The subtitle of the article clarifies things: The stunningly well-preserved remains of the Egtved Girl from 3, years ago reveal her travels as a high-status woman of her day. Written by art historians Mary Ellen Miller and Claudia Brittenham, the book builds on a long-term project by Miller [β¦]. At least, they are when they show up in positions of power.
AFP is the credited source for Fox. But [β¦]. I have to admit that I was a little mystified when Archaeology online recently publicized research that used errors in working a single stone tool to propose that its less-skilled maker was probably a child. Not that I think the idea is implausible. Errors in production have been a staple of the archaeology of childhood [β¦].
I saved the link to the original story in the New York Times back in late September , [β¦]. And not just any kind of queenβ the story opens The suspected tomb and remains of a great Maya warrior queen have been discovered in Guatemala.
I am trying not [β¦]. The rich dude gets the hot chick even in prehistory. More soberly, the BBC News emphasizes the contingency of the new findings in its story, titled Cardiff uni claims [β¦]. But what caught my attention was this sentence: The tablet revealed the names of 60 women β probably prisoners-of-war or victims of an Assyrian forced [β¦].
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