1000 year old Viking female with a battle wound on her head.

[Benyzero]

The Viking warrior WOMEN: Scientists reconstruct the face of 1,000-year-old female with a 'battle wound' on her skull who was buried with a hoard of weapons in Norway
The woman is based on skeleton found in a Viking graveyard in Solør, Norway
She was buried surrounded by a hoard of deadly weaponry in the grave
British scientists brought her to life using facial recognition technology
The female warrior has now been preserved in Oslo's Museum of Cultural History
By EMILY WEBBER FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 16:13 GMT, 2 November 2019 | UPDATED: 16:36 GMT, 2 November 2019

Scientists have re-created the face of a female Viking warrior who lived more than 1,000 years ago.

The woman is based on a skeleton found in a Viking graveyard in Solør, Norway, and is now preserved in Oslo's Museum of Cultural History.

While the remains had already been identified as female, the burial site had not been considered that of a warrior 'simply because the occupant was a woman', archaelogist Ella Al-Shamahi told The Guardian.

But now British scientists have brought the female warrior to life using cutting-edge facial recognition technology.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/11/02/16/20515480-7642565-image-a-83_1572710580858.jpg

Scientists reconstructed the face of the female warrior who lived more than 1,000 years ago by anatomically working from the muscles and layering of the skin

And scientists found the woman was buried with a hoard of deadly weaponry including arrows, a sword, a spear and an axe.


Researchers also discovered a dent in her head, which rested on a shield in her grave, that was consistent with a sword wound.

It is unclear whether the brutal injury was the cause of her death however it is believed to be 'the first evidence ever found of a Viking woman with a battle injury', according to Ms Al-Shamahi.

She added: I'm so excited because this is a face that hasn't been seen in 1,000 years… She's suddenly become really real.'

Archaeologist Ella Al-Shamahi comes face to face with the skull of the Viking woman who was found buried among a hoard of deadly weaponry in a Viking graveyard in Solør, Norway

The expert who is a specialist in ancient human remains is set to present a National Geographic documentary featuring the reconstruction.

The face was built up anatomically working from the muscles and layering of the skin.

Dr Caroline Erolin, a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee in the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification which worked on the reconstruction said: 'The resulting reconstruction is never 100 per cent accurate, but is enough to generate recognition from someone who knew them well in real life.'

The technology also recreated the woman's grave showing the placement of the weapons.


The documentary shows Ms Al-Shamahi travelling across Scandinavia examining Viking burial sites and using visualisation techniques to reconstruct the contents.

Ms Al-Shamahi said while women risked being overpowered in hand-to-hand combat, they could have fired deadly arrows from horseback over longer distances making them 'an equal match for men'.

Viking expert and archaeological consultant on the project Professor Neil Price added: 'There are so many other burials in the Viking world… It wouldn't surprise me at all if we find more (female warriors).'

Viking Warrior Women airs on National Geographic on Tuesday 3 December at 8pm.

[Jana]

That's a big Borreby warrior girl :D Adds to speculations Viking were mostly robust northern Cromagnids rather than leptomorphic Nordids.

[Benyzero]

That's a big Borreby warrior girl :D Adds to speculations Viking were mostly robust northern Cromagnids rather than leptomorphic Nordids.

I think that explains why they were so good at full contact warfare. They had to be mostly Mesomorphs full of muscles.

[Jana]

I think that explains why they were so good at full contact warfare. They had to be mostly Mesomorphs full of muscles.

For sure!

[Seya]

did they extract her DNA? i wonder why they chose that big wavy hair for her. most nordics have straight, thin hair.

[Jana]

did they extract her DNA? i wonder why they chose that big wavy hair for her. most nordics have straight, thin hair.

CM types are know for thick, vawy hair. Especially Brunns, who are fair and curly haired as a rule. Thin straight hair is more of Nordid and Baltid feature. And they are not hairy.
Viking were hairy with thick beards which fits CM description again much more.

[Benyzero]

did they extract her DNA? i wonder why they chose that big wavy hair for her. most nordics have straight, thin hair.

I would like to see her dna test too.

[Pansarkamrat]

did they extract her DNA? i wonder why they chose that big wavy hair for her. most nordics have straight, thin hair.

Most Nordics have thin wavy hair

[Pansarkamrat]

Double post

[Pansarkamrat]

CM types are know for thick, vawy hair. Especially Brunns, who are fair and curly haired as a rule. Thin straight hair is more of Nordid and Baltid feature. And they are not hairy.
Viking were hairy with thick beards which fits CM description again much more.

Most Nordics are hairy even Baltids are but blonde hair makes the hair less visible so they look less hairy altough it exist more Nordics and Baltids with weaker hair then thei is Meds.

[Seya]

CM types are know for thick, vawy hair. Especially Brunns, who are fair and curly haired as a rule. Thin straight hair is more of Nordid and Baltid feature. And they are not hairy.
Viking were hairy with thick beards which fits CM description again much more.

this is the most common face shape i've seen in denmark...but the big majority still have thin and straight hair. that's why i asked . brunns yes, they do have big wavy hair..like those red haired irish...

[♥ Lily ♥]

I think the reconstruction is accurate because the scientists who performed the reconstruction are from Dundee University, which is one of the UK's leading universities.

[♥ Lily ♥]

As for the thick blonde hair:

Natural blondes have approximately 120,000-147,000 hairs, while brunettes have 100,000-120,000.

https://www.cosmeticsocialmedia.com/2011/scientific-differences-facts-blondes-brunettes/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7zGCsemiY

Gaahl (a.k.a. 'the most feared man in Norway,') has naturally wavy hair.
http://i.picasion.com/resize89/274cc78b99caa1c1db9aed6d312fca19.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7hlmfn-WJgo/Uhy7FtGRLeI/AAAAAAAAAJA/Yb9RWB-C2nE/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg

I've seen natural blond/es who also have natural curls or wavy hair... it's not only natural brunet/tes who can have naturally wavy or curly hair types.

Robert Plant
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/b21ce5d01752ad31e242baaf2b4f34c3-robert-plant-sexy-rockstars.jpg
https://www.videomuzic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/robert-plant.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/52/39/f2/5239f2c9eecd726f984fe0961c1c43b1.jpg
https://www.favohair.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/400x530/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/r/w/rwm611020.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/eb/4b/76eb4b9ce34bebe360b25d999443ce53.jpg
https://www.pouted.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/long-curly-hairstyle-for-blonde-men.jpg
https://www.thetrendspotter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Curly-Blonde-Hair.jpg
https://www.thetrendspotter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Long-Blonde-Hair.jpg
https://comps.canstockphoto.com/curly-blond-guy-stock-image_csp53649767.jpg
https://www.dhresource.com/0x0s/f2-albu-g6-M00-F1-55-rBVaR1sA7tmAGQapAAFmDcmgZQk412.jpg/2018-family-matching-clothes-curly-hair-dont.jpg
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Led-Zeppelin-Singer-Robert.jpg

[Pansarkamrat]

Natural blondes have approximately 120,000-147,000 hairs, while brunettes have 100,000-120,000.

https://www.cosmeticsocialmedia.com/2011/scientific-differences-facts-blondes-brunettes/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7zGCsemiY

They have more hair but thiner straws. Asians have less hairstraws but thicker hair that grows faster.

[♥ Lily ♥]

I think that explains why they were so good at full contact warfare. They had to be mostly Mesomorphs full of muscles.

They also had superior swords to everyone else: the ulfberht.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lspB3QhrW_Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkU5T08rrjw

Mind you, their swords and muscles didn't help them when there was once a mass slaughter of Danes on St. Brice's Day in England. Maybe the English caught them off-guard that day.

The St. Brice's Day massacre was the killing of Danes in the Kingdom of England on 13th November 1002, ordered by King Æthelred the Unready. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Brice%27s_Day_massacre

England was once divided into two kingdoms with the Danelaw ruling over one half of our country in the north and east, and the Saxon King Alfred the Great ruing over and protecting the south and west and Wales against the Danelaw.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?244454-Danish-Kings-And-Rulers-Of-England

Well, one day the native Anglo Saxon people revolted against the Danelaw and wanted their land and resources back from the Danish settlers in our land.... and the Danish King Cnut's sister was killed in the massacre of Danes in England on St. Brice's Day... and word got back to King Cnut in Denmark, which led to him coming over to England in a rage and taking over the throne of England, and he made himself the new King - not just over one half of our country, but over the whole of England.

Also, a mass grave of beheaded Vikings (all young men) was found in Weymouth in my original home county of Dorset along the coast of south-west England. The local people were defending themselves and their land from being raided, and they defended themselves from being slaughtered by Vikings.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iBGV3IJbLk

[Jana]

this is the most common face shape i've seen in denmark...but the big majority still have thin and straight hair. that's why i asked . brunns yes, they do have big wavy hair..like those red haired irish...

Cool :p Denmark is known as Borreby epicentre

[Sche]

That's a big Borreby warrior girl :D Adds to speculations Viking were mostly robust northern Cromagnids rather than leptomorphic Nordids.
What is true for women may not be true for men. Mostly the Vikings were men of all the famous Scandinavian types of the north-west and north-east of Europe - from the Nordids to Ladogans.

[Pansarkamrat]

What is true for women may not be true for men. Mostly the Vikings were men of all the famous Scandinavian types of the north-west and north-east of Europe - from the Nordids to Ladogans.

ROFL Ladogan Vikings i need evidence for that

[Samnium]

They also had superior swords to everyone else: the ulfberht.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lspB3QhrW_Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkU5T08rrjw

Mind you, their swords and muscles didn't help them when there was once a mass slaughter of Danes on St. Brice's Day in England. Maybe the English caught them off-guard that day.

The St. Brice's Day massacre was the killing of Danes in the Kingdom of England on 13th November 1002, ordered by King Æthelred the Unready. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Brice%27s_Day_massacre

England was once divided into two kingdoms with the Danelaw ruling over one half of our country in the north and east, and the Saxon King Alfred the Great ruing over and protecting the south and west and Wales against the Danelaw.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?244454-Danish-Kings-And-Rulers-Of-England

Well, one day the native Anglo Saxon people revolted against the Danelaw and wanted their land and resources back from the Danish settlers in our land.... and the Danish King Cnut's sister was killed in the massacre of Danes in England on St. Brice's Day... and word got back to King Cnut in Denmark, which led to him coming over to England in a rage and taking over the throne of England, and he made himself the new King - not just over one half of our country, but over the whole of England.

Also, a mass grave of beheaded Vikings (all young men) was found in Weymouth in my original home county of Dorset along the coast of south-west England. The local people were defending themselves and their land from being raided, and they defended themselves from being slaughtered by Vikings.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iBGV3IJbLk

Interesting I know a little about foundry (not necessarily the same thing as forgery but somewhat related) I will go and watch !

[Sche]

ROFL Ladogan Vikings i need evidence for that
There is evidence that the East Vikings of Sigtuna had a lot of Finnish admixture.

PS In general, all known phenotypes are obsolete pseudoscience.

[goblinsk]

They also had superior swords to everyone else: the ulfberht.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lspB3QhrW_Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkU5T08rrjw

Mind you, their swords and muscles didn't help them when there was once a mass slaughter of Danes on St. Brice's Day in England. Maybe the English caught them off-guard that day.

The St. Brice's Day massacre was the killing of Danes in the Kingdom of England on 13th November 1002, ordered by King Æthelred the Unready. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Brice%27s_Day_massacre

England was once divided into two kingdoms with the Danelaw ruling over one half of our country in the north and east, and the Saxon King Alfred the Great ruing over and protecting the south and west and Wales against the Danelaw.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?244454-Danish-Kings-And-Rulers-Of-England

Well, one day the native Anglo Saxon people revolted against the Danelaw and wanted their land and resources back from the Danish settlers in our land.... and the Danish King Cnut's sister was killed in the massacre of Danes in England on St. Brice's Day... and word got back to King Cnut in Denmark, which led to him coming over to England in a rage and taking over the throne of England, and he made himself the new King - not just over one half of our country, but over the whole of England.

Also, a mass grave of beheaded Vikings (all young men) was found in Weymouth in my original home county of Dorset along the coast of south-west England. The local people were defending themselves and their land from being raided, and they defended themselves from being slaughtered by Vikings.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iBGV3IJbLk


that sword isn't really viking according to the second video though. makes more sense that it came from the christian frankish south, i doubt the vikings would add crosses to their swords.

[Pansarkamrat]

There is evidence that the East Vikings of Sigtuna had a lot of Finnish admixture.

PS In general, all known phenotypes are obsolete pseudoscience.

You are right that all phenotypes is bullshit and pseudoscience but if they had alot Finnish admixture they could just have been Baltids or East-Nordids a very tiny minority of finns have dark hair and Eyes so i doubt ladogan existed among Vikangz

[♥ Lily ♥]

Interesting I know a little about foundry (not necessarily the same thing as forgery but somewhat related) I will go and watch !

The Pagan Odinist Vikings preferred to die in battle in order to reach Valhalla. It was better for them to die as a hero in battle, than go to a foggy afterlife by dying in bed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSC5bTSUgA4

[Dick]

CM types have thick hair, wavy or curly like this man classified as "Brunn" by Coon.

http://s1d4.turboimagehost.com/t1/4098111_brun_1.jpg