⭕️ Medieval warrior woman was buried alongside 23 Spanish monks, and no one knows why A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds. While excavating a castle in Spain, archaeologists found a surprise: a woman buried alongside more than 20 medieval monks. And like the men, she was likely a warrior who died in battle, a new study suggests. "We should picture her as a warrior of about forty years of age, just under five feet tall, neither stocky nor slender and skillful with a sword," study co-author Carme Rissech, a researcher in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the Public University of Tarragona, said in a statement. Researchers found human remains while excavating a cemetery within the fortified castle of Zorita de los Canes in Guadalajara. The burials date to between the 12th and 15th centuries, a time of complex religious and political conflict between Christian and Islamic groups in the Iberian Peninsula. More details in the link(s) ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/d45zne5W ℹ️ www.archaeologyin.org --------------------------------------------- #ArchaeologyIN – Archaeology Information Network شــبــكــة الــمــعــلــومــات الأثــريــة --------------------------------------------- #CulturalHeritage #Archaeology #Antiquities التراث الثقافي والآثار
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Student in Master of Museology and Fine Arts at the Louvre School (Ecole du Louvre) in Paris (France) and collaborator at the Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Athens, Greece)
5moMaybe a Spanish Joan d’Arc !