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Sun, 12-05-2004 - 12:35am

War in Ancient Iran

Sat Dec 4, 8:47 AM ET Science - Reuters

TEHRAN (Reuters) - These days Iranian women are not even allowed to watch men compete on the football field, but 2,000 years ago they could have been carving the boys to pieces on the battlefield.

DNA tests on the 2,000-year-old bones of a sword-wielding Iranian warrior have revealed the broad-framed skeleton belonged to woman, an archaeologist working in the northwestern city of Tabriz said on Saturday.

"Despite earlier comments that the warrior was a man because of the metal sword, DNA tests showed the skeleton inside the tomb belonged to a female warrior," Alireza Hojabri-Nobari told the Hambastegi newspaper.

He added that the tomb, which had all the trappings of a warrior's final resting place, was one of 109 and that DNA tests were being carried out on the other skeletons.

Hambastegi said other ancient tombs believed to belong to women warriors have been unearthed close to the Caspian Sea.

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Registered: 12-04-2003
In reply to: sylvieg69
Sun, 12-05-2004 - 1:07pm

WOW!!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: sylvieg69
Mon, 12-06-2004 - 6:23am
That's a pretty intersting story! Wonder when/why things changed.....probably because of a few insecure men ;-)
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Registered: 11-22-2004
In reply to: sylvieg69
Tue, 12-07-2004 - 10:28am
Stories like this are just fascinating!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: sylvieg69
Tue, 12-07-2004 - 10:43pm
I want to know too. I think I'll do a little research when I have time off for the holiday about women warriors along the Caspian Sea!