Prinsessen in het Oude Egypte konden goed overweg met de wapens waarmee ze werden begraven. Lang waren de wapens in de grafkisten van de Egyptische vrouwen een raadsel voor archeologen, maar nieuw onderzoek toont aan dat ze geoefende krijgers waren.

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…

The weapons buried with royal women weren't just for show, new research suggests.

Lost in Egyptian Museum basement for more than 100 years, skeletons of five princesses and a king tell stories of discipline and hardship

These findings challenge a long-held belief about weapons found in female burial sites

The mummified remains of 4,000-year-old Egyptian royals suggest that they were buried with weapons because they could use them, not for symbolic reasons.

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…

Prinsessen in het Oude Egypte konden goed overweg met de wapens waarmee ze werden begraven. Lang waren de wapens in de grafkisten van de Egyptische vrouwen een raadsel voor…