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Viking Warrior Women

More than 1000 years old, the skull of a Viking womanis set to be analyzed by 21st...

ELLA: More than 1000 years old, the skull of a Viking woman
is set to be analyzed by 21st century technology to examine a previously unexplored injury. Using a state-of-the art CT-Scanner, X-rays from all angles
produce a detailed 3D image. Could this data help me
solve the mystery of my latest potential warrior woman
and her strange head wound?

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ELLA: More than 1000 years old,
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the skull of a Viking woman is set to be analyzed
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by 21st century technology
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to examine a previously unexplored injury.
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Using a state-of-the art CT-Scanner,
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X-rays from all angles produce a detailed 3D image.
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Could this data help me solve the mystery
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of my latest potential warrior woman and her strange head wound?
Duration
30 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:41
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.
Back in London, forensic archaeologist Carolyn Rando - Viking Warrior Women 00:07
Back in London, forensic archaeologist Carolyn Rando
CAROLYN: Looking through the CT scan of the skull, - Viking Warrior Women 00:10
CAROLYN: Looking through the CT scan of the skull,
Kind of like shaving off a little bit of bone. - Viking Warrior Women 00:04
Kind of like shaving off a little bit of bone.
It would have had a really massive scalp laceration, - Viking Warrior Women 00:04
It would have had a really massive scalp laceration,
Head wounds bleed quite heavily - Viking Warrior Women 00:05
Head wounds bleed quite heavily
ELLA: This was trauma on a massive scale. - Viking Warrior Women 00:07
ELLA: This was trauma on a massive scale.
Using the very latest in criminal forensics, - Viking Warrior Women 00:30
Using the very latest in criminal forensics,
I'm so excited because this, - Viking Warrior Women 00:10
I'm so excited because this,
The forensic reconstruction reveals our suspected Viking warrior. - Viking Warrior Women 00:09
The forensic reconstruction reveals our suspected Viking war...
We've put a face to her and she's suddenly become really real. - Viking Warrior Women 00:05
We've put a face to her and she's suddenly become ...
Just to think that her and women like her, - Viking Warrior Women 00:12
Just to think that her and women like her,
But what about that terrible blow to her head? - Viking Warrior Women 00:05
But what about that terrible blow to her head?
From Carolyn's evidence, we can recreate - Viking Warrior Women 00:12
From Carolyn's evidence, we can recreate
But our CT scan highlights a second remarkable secret. - Viking Warrior Women 00:19
But our CT scan highlights a second remarkable secret.
ELLA: Incredibly, our woman survived her injury. - Viking Warrior Women 00:09
ELLA: Incredibly, our woman survived her injury.
She probably would have had quite a nice scar. - Viking Warrior Women 00:08
She probably would have had quite a nice scar.
Nobody commented on this injury until, - Viking Warrior Women 00:08
Nobody commented on this injury until,
How--How do you look at all that evidence, and not think, - Viking Warrior Women 00:11
How--How do you look at all that evidence, and not think,
My investigation has taken me right across Viking Scandinavia and beyond, - Viking Warrior Women 00:15
My investigation has taken me right across Viking Scandinavi...
Scientific evidence from an elite warrior grave. - Viking Warrior Women 00:08
Scientific evidence from an elite warrior grave.