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Viking Warrior Women

As well as a swordThese are really high-end weapons

As well as a sword
there was a battle axe and spears. CHARLOTTE:
These are really high-end weapons

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As well as a sword there was a battle axe and spears.
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CHARLOTTE: These are really high-end weapons.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:32
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wild Blue Media

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Movie Summary

Using original excavation data combined with cutting edge computer graphics, we recreate the grave of a mighty viking warrior woman as never seen before.
ELLA: Even an entire cache of arrows. - Viking Warrior Women 00:09
ELLA: Even an entire cache of arrows.
ELLA: But while the weapons fascinated archaeologists - Viking Warrior Women 00:35
ELLA: But while the weapons fascinated archaeologists
The results have sent shockwaves through the world of archaeology. - Viking Warrior Women 00:08
The results have sent shockwaves through the world of archae...
Everything and anything from "You must have the wrong bones", - Viking Warrior Women 00:07
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 00:20
Some experts still doubt that Viking women could have fought...
It is a massive upset. - Viking Warrior Women 00:25
It is a massive upset.
If there are others, I'm determined to find them. - Viking Warrior Women 00:13
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 00:15
Twenty miles west of Stockholm is the ancient Viking settlem...
And its landscape is shaped by its Viking past. - Viking Warrior Women 00:25
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 00:05
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 00:12
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 00:07
Absolutely. I-I don't think it's an accident that-...
Everything about this, even if we hadn't excavated it, - Viking Warrior Women 00:08
Everything about this, even if we hadn't excavated it,
ELLA: For the first time, by using the original excavation data, - Viking Warrior Women 00:12
ELLA: For the first time, by using the original excavation d...
Our warrior was buried in a chamber grave, - Viking Warrior Women 00:28
Our warrior was buried in a chamber grave,
ELLA: Precisely placed. A sword by her left hand... - Viking Warrior Women 00:14
ELLA: Precisely placed. A sword by her left hand...
ELLA: Nearby, a number of arrows. - Viking Warrior Women 00:06
ELLA: Nearby, a number of arrows.
ELLA: Alongside the weapons, something intriguing, - Viking Warrior Women 00:38
ELLA: Alongside the weapons, something intriguing,
The discovery that our woman could have been a military leader - Viking Warrior Women 00:24
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 00:10
If we look, say, at warrior burials all over the Viking worl...