Birka grave Bj 581
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birka-grave-bj-581-178-4179997
title:
Birka grave Bj 581
text:
Birka grave Bj 581 held a female buried in a weapons grave during the 10th century in Birka, Sweden. Although the remains had been thought to be of a male warrior since the grave's excavation in 1878, both a 2014 osteological analysis and a 2017 DNA study proved that the remains were of a female. A 2017 study claimed the person in Bj 581 was a high ranking professional warrior. The study attracted worldwide attention, as well as criticism from some academics who disputed the interpretation of bu
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description:
Viking warrior burial, Birka, Sweden
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birka_grave_Bj_581
date created:
2017-09-15T14:22:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T22:09:39Z
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13
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