Where To Stream Secrets of the Dead Season 19 Episode 4
Viking Warrior Queen
- Aired July 7, 2020
- 60 Min
- Rated 8.6
- Number 24 Of 85 Rated Episodes
In 1878, archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe first uncovered a grave containing a large number of weapons and the skeletal remains of what seemed to be a great Viking warrior. For a century, people assumed the body was male until the 1970s when Berit Vilkans, a young researcher, observed the bones had female characteristics. In 2017, a team of Swedish geneticists proved through a DNA study that the great warrior wasn't a man but a woman. Join this team of archaeologists as they examine the DNA results...