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Unique Female Viking Grave In Swedish Mountains Reveals Its Secrets

AncientPages.com | July 14, 2023

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As previously reported on Ancient Pages, the discovery of a mysterious Viking grave in the Swedish Mountains last year was hailed as one

Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy ‘urnfield’ during excavation and a typical Vatya burial.

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Bronze Age Vatya Culture: ‘Urnfield’ Cemetery And Remains Of A High-Status Woman

AncientPages.com | July 30, 2021

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers analyzed human tissues of 29 individuals (26 urn cremations and 3 inhumations) from Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy, one of the largest Middle Bronze Age urn

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Suontaka Weapon Grave: New Light On Strong Female Leaders And Warriors Of Late Iron Age Finland

AncientPages.com | July 29, 2021

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 1968, a weapon grave with brooches was found at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, in the south of Finland. Suontaka village is located in a