For well over a century, the bows, arrows and other weapons placed inside the tombs of ancient Egyptian princesses were often treated as ceremonial objects, intended to express status rather than everyday life. Research published in Frontiers on 17 July 2026, titled “Bioarchaeological reassessment of Dahshur royal skeletal remains from the Late Middle Kingdom (c.

Ancient Egyptian princesses actually knew how to use the weapons they were buried with, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology.

For decades, scientists have disputed the meaning of the weapons found in the burial chambers of some ancient Egyptian princesses. Were they symbolic or practical tools? Now, a…