So, in sum, like our very own She-Devil, she was probably a big damn deal (and not technically white though red hair was a slim possibility). The pottery and arrows also attest to her wealth and status. Click here for the rest of the pictures, not edited by yours truly. See below: Credits: MailOnline with “notes” by Ginnis Tonik. Further, since she was buried with her sword in her right hand and a dagger in her left, she may have even been buried with military honors as this is a ceremonial position. Up until this point, it was believed that only the Kangyuy men were warriors (after 23 years of research and evidence), but the presence of “Red Sonja” says otherwise. This female warrior is the first female warrior skeleton discovered in the area. The Kangyuy were a warrior people who controlled part of the Silk Road AND fought off the Huns at one point. In case you are a geography nerd like me, this is the area: Credits: Wikipedia with “notes” by Ginnis Tonik. The Kangyuy people were nomads who lived near the Syr Darya River and Aral Sea in the southern steppes of Kazakhstan and northern part of Uzbekistan. Recently, the remains of the real-life counterpart of the Our Lady of the “Iconic Funk” was found in South Kazakhstan.Įstimated to date back to 200 BC, the ancient female warrior was buried “clasping a huge sword and dagger” along with arrows and bowls and pots in the ancient region of Kangyuy. There are very few things cooler than when comics meet archeology, especially when they involve the most badass sword and sorcery warrior of all time–the She-Devil with a Sword, Red Sonja herself.

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