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Viking Warrior Women

So why haven't archaeologistsknown this all along? If this is a jigsaw puzzle,um, most of...

So why haven't archaeologists
known this all along? If this is a jigsaw puzzle,
um, most of it's missing

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So why haven't archaeologists known this all along?
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If this is a jigsaw puzzle, um, most of it's missing...
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:13
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.
...which makes any determination really, really difficult. - Viking Warrior Women 00:04
...which makes any determination really, really difficult.
CHARLOTTE: Well, there's lots of information missing - Viking Warrior Women 00:07
CHARLOTTE: Well, there's lots of information missing
ELLA: By studying bone growth and tooth wear, - Viking Warrior Women 00:23
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 00:08
But we do have the greater sciatic notch and that is actuall...
ELLA: But when the grave was excavated, - Viking Warrior Women 00:18
ELLA: But when the grave was excavated,
-I'm so excited. I am sorry-- -(Charlotte chuckles) - Viking Warrior Women 00:05
-I'm so excited. I am sorry-- -(Charlotte chuckles)
As well as a sword there was a battle axe and spears. - Viking Warrior Women 00:08
As well as a sword there was a battle axe and spears.
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,