This research is thought to shed more light on the roles of women in Iron Age society, as the presence of the sword indicates that she may have been a warrior involved in raids on enemy settlements.

The grave held a sword, usually buried with men ... The grave belongs to a woman warrior who played a leading role in warfare, according to a study published yesterday in the Journal of ...

A jumble of tooth and bone fragments in a Late Iron Age grave belonged to a young woman who was interred with items that include a sword, shield and bronze mirror, researchers report in the ...

Dr Sarah Stark of Historic England said, 'The combination of sword and mirror suggests that this woman held a high position within her community, took command in local wars, and may have organized ...

a sword and a mirror — were found on the island of Bryher in England in 1999. U.K. archeologists now believe it belonged to a woman warrior from the Iron Age. (Isles of Scilly Museum Association ...

For Davis, filming The Woman King taught her that she is a warrior, with or without a weapon in hand. "I don't need to have a sword to be a warrior — I have the warrior spirit in me," Davis says.

New research led by Historic England has unveiled that a 2,000-year-old Iron Age burial site on the Isles of Scilly actually belonged to a warrior ... sword. But new evidence suggests this woman ...

was trained to use a sword. “I believe that these remains belong to a female warrior, but further analysis is needed to determine to what extent this woman is contemporary with the other knights ...

The other weaponry in the grave—shields, spears, double-edged sword, broadax, and battle-knife—suggested that the warrior woman was also highly trained in several forms of attack, including ...

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