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Viking Warrior Women

Using original excavation data combined with cutting edge computer graphics, we recreate the grave of a mighty viking warrior woman as never seen before.

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Stuart Strickson

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Wild Blue Media

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ELLA: An ancient grave. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: An ancient grave.

The most stunning burial ever found
of an elite Viking Warrior. - Viking Warrior Women

The most stunning burial ever found of an elite Viking Warri...

I'm Ella Al-Shamahi, - Viking Warrior Women

I'm Ella Al-Shamahi,

Now I'm on a mission... - Viking Warrior Women

Now I'm on a mission...

ELLA: ...analyzing brand-new forensic data...

ELLA: ...conducting unique
scientific experiments. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: ...conducting unique scientific experiments.

ELLA: And even making my own amazing
archaeological discovery. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: And even making my own amazing archaeological discover...

To reveal whether Viking women
could really have fought alongside men, - Viking Warrior Women

To reveal whether Viking women could really have fought alon...

ELLA: What is being revealed
right now is transforming - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: What is being revealed right now is transforming

Northern Europe. - Viking Warrior Women

Northern Europe.

You can still imagine
the Vikings setting out - Viking Warrior Women

You can still imagine the Vikings setting out

My investigation into Viking warrior women
begins here - Viking Warrior Women

My investigation into Viking warrior women begins here

I've come to the Swedish History Museum
to see the Birka warrior, - Viking Warrior Women

I've come to the Swedish History Museum to see the Birk...

The fragile remains
are not on display to the public, - Viking Warrior Women

The fragile remains are not on display to the public,

A burial unearthed over a century ago, - Viking Warrior Women

A burial unearthed over a century ago,

At the time, experts hailed the discovery
of an elite Viking warrior. - Viking Warrior Women

At the time, experts hailed the discovery of an elite Viking...

There's a different age associated
with each of those fusions, - Viking Warrior Women

There's a different age associated with each of those f...

So why haven't archaeologists
known this all along? - Viking Warrior Women

So why haven't archaeologists known this all along?

...which makes any determination
really, really difficult. - Viking Warrior Women

...which makes any determination really, really difficult.

CHARLOTTE:
Well, there's lots of information missing - Viking Warrior Women

CHARLOTTE: Well, there's lots of information missing

ELLA:
By studying bone growth and tooth wear, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: By studying bone growth and tooth wear,

But we do have the greater sciatic notch
and that is actually quite wide, - Viking Warrior Women

But we do have the greater sciatic notch and that is actuall...

ELLA: But when the grave was excavated, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: But when the grave was excavated,

-I'm so excited. I am sorry--
-(Charlotte chuckles) - Viking Warrior Women

-I'm so excited. I am sorry-- -(Charlotte chuckles)

As well as a sword
there was a battle axe and spears. - Viking Warrior Women

As well as a sword there was a battle axe and spears.

ELLA: Even an entire cache of arrows. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Even an entire cache of arrows.

ELLA: But while the weapons
fascinated archaeologists - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: But while the weapons fascinated archaeologists

The results have sent shockwaves
through the world of archaeology. - Viking Warrior Women

The results have sent shockwaves through the world of archae...

Everything and anything from
"You must have the wrong bones", - Viking Warrior Women

Everything and anything from "You must have the wrong b...

Some experts still doubt that Viking women
could have fought like men. - Viking Warrior Women

Some experts still doubt that Viking women could have fought...

It is a massive upset. - Viking Warrior Women

It is a massive upset.

If there are others,
I'm determined to find them. - Viking Warrior Women

If there are others, I'm determined to find them.

Twenty miles west of Stockholm
is the ancient Viking settlement of Birka. - Viking Warrior Women

Twenty miles west of Stockholm is the ancient Viking settlem...

And its landscape is shaped
by its Viking past. - Viking Warrior Women

And its landscape is shaped by its Viking past.

It's the landscape of the dead
surrounding the town of the living. - Viking Warrior Women

It's the landscape of the dead surrounding the town of ...

ELLA: Our Viking warrior was buried
on the very furthest edge of the island. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Our Viking warrior was buried on the very furthest edg...

Absolutely. I-I don't think
it's an accident that--that she's buried - Viking Warrior Women

Absolutely. I-I don't think it's an accident that-...

Everything about this,
even if we hadn't excavated it, - Viking Warrior Women

Everything about this, even if we hadn't excavated it,

ELLA: For the first time,
by using the original excavation data, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: For the first time, by using the original excavation d...

Our warrior was buried in a chamber grave, - Viking Warrior Women

Our warrior was buried in a chamber grave,

ELLA: Precisely placed.
A sword by her left hand... - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Precisely placed. A sword by her left hand...

ELLA: Nearby, a number of arrows. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Nearby, a number of arrows.

ELLA: Alongside the weapons,
something intriguing, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Alongside the weapons, something intriguing,

The discovery that our woman
could have been a military leader - Viking Warrior Women

The discovery that our woman could have been a military lead...

If we look, say, at warrior burials
all over the Viking world, - Viking Warrior Women

If we look, say, at warrior burials all over the Viking worl...

So many more questions left to ask, - Viking Warrior Women

So many more questions left to ask,

ELLA: How many Viking warrior women
could be out there? - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: How many Viking warrior women could be out there?

I think they certainly existed, - Viking Warrior Women

I think they certainly existed,

ELLA: Nail fragments are evidence that
there was once a wooden coffin. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Nail fragments are evidence that there was once a wood...

ELLA: Within the grave,
mysterious treasures that make it unique. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Within the grave, mysterious treasures that make it un...

But there's no array of weapons
like the Birka burial. - Viking Warrior Women

But there's no array of weapons like the Birka burial.

Um, there was also an axe, - Viking Warrior Women

Um, there was also an axe,

ELLA: Axes are rarely found
in female Viking graves. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Axes are rarely found in female Viking graves.

Ever since its discovery, - Viking Warrior Women

Ever since its discovery,

-It should be here... one-one-two-eight.
-One-one-two-eight. - Viking Warrior Women

-It should be here... one-one-two-eight. -One-one-two-eight.

One-one-two five, six, seven... - Viking Warrior Women

One-one-two five, six, seven...

OK, that's the one. Exciting moment. - Viking Warrior Women

OK, that's the one. Exciting moment.

ELLA: My hunt to uncover evidence
of a second Viking warrior woman - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: My hunt to uncover evidence of a second Viking warrior...

Everything just-- - Viking Warrior Women

Everything just--

Uh, it's a fine piece
of Viking age craftsmanship. - Viking Warrior Women

Uh, it's a fine piece of Viking age craftsmanship.

Um, you can see
the blade is asymmetrical - Viking Warrior Women

Um, you can see the blade is asymmetrical

This axe is unlike any axe, - Viking Warrior Women

This axe is unlike any axe,

There's something that--
that makes this axe - Viking Warrior Women

There's something that-- that makes this axe

ELLA: Crafted hundreds
of miles to the East, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Crafted hundreds of miles to the East,

This particular example
is definitely a weapon, - Viking Warrior Women

This particular example is definitely a weapon,

Its particular design makes it
a perfect killing device essentially. - Viking Warrior Women

Its particular design makes it a perfect killing device esse...

The discovery of a battle axe
in this female burial - Viking Warrior Women

The discovery of a battle axe in this female burial

and how it might have been used. - Viking Warrior Women

and how it might have been used.

ELLA: I've commissioned expert
weapon-maker, Tord Bergelin, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: I've commissioned expert weapon-maker, Tord Berge...

The smoother it is the better it cuts. - Viking Warrior Women

The smoother it is the better it cuts.

Actually, this is how I try all my blades. - Viking Warrior Women

Actually, this is how I try all my blades.

If I've been working a lot,
I have to go look for hair on my arms - Viking Warrior Women

If I've been working a lot, I have to go look for hair ...

ELLA: Armed with this
razor-sharp weapon, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Armed with this razor-sharp weapon,

A thousand years ago, this Viking fort
was a major military settlement. - Viking Warrior Women

A thousand years ago, this Viking fort was a major military ...

ROLF: Well, uh, it resembles human flesh. - Viking Warrior Women

ROLF: Well, uh, it resembles human flesh.

It's quite standard for--for practicing
with different sharp weapons. - Viking Warrior Women

It's quite standard for--for practicing with different ...

ELLA: Before Sandra tries it out,
I'm keen to have a go myself. - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Before Sandra tries it out, I'm keen to have a go...

With an axe sharp enough
to shave the hairs of a blacksmith's arm, - Viking Warrior Women

With an axe sharp enough to shave the hairs of a blacksmith&...

ELLA: Even in the hands
of a first-time warrior, - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Even in the hands of a first-time warrior,

But in the hands of Sandra,
this light axe is a fast, - Viking Warrior Women

But in the hands of Sandra, this light axe is a fast,

I think a lot of guys,
they underestimate me - Viking Warrior Women

I think a lot of guys, they underestimate me

And my fighting style is very masculine - Viking Warrior Women

And my fighting style is very masculine

ELLA: If Sandra can be deadly
with this battle axe today... - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: If Sandra can be deadly with this battle axe today...

then so could a Viking woman
a thousand years ago. - Viking Warrior Women

then so could a Viking woman a thousand years ago.

To explore that
means leaving Scandinavia for Britain. - Viking Warrior Women

To explore that means leaving Scandinavia for Britain.

I'm heading to the heart of England - Viking Warrior Women

I'm heading to the heart of England

We've found Viking artifacts,
weapon fragments, ship nails, - Viking Warrior Women

We've found Viking artifacts, weapon fragments, ship na...

ELLA: As well as a camp,
Repton was also a burial site... - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: As well as a camp, Repton was also a burial site...

It was presumed that this was the burial
of the Viking war dead. - Viking Warrior Women

It was presumed that this was the burial of the Viking war d...

ELLA: Along with the weapons,
the jumbled remains of over 250 bodies... - Viking Warrior Women

ELLA: Along with the weapons, the jumbled remains of over 25...

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Using original excavation data combined with cutting edge computer graphics, we recreate the grave of a mighty viking warrior woman as never seen before.

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Director: Stuart Strickson

Writer: Ashley Morris

Production: Wild Blue Media

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 5.5

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Homepage: http://natgeotv.com/asia/viking-warrior-queens