By Anna M Kotarba-Morley and Michael Westaway
In the opening scene of the 2001 blockbuster film The Mummy Returns , two women of Egypt’s royal court engage in spectacular hand-to-hand combat.
The scene is dramatic rather than historical, but it raises an interesting question: were Egyptian women really trained with weapons, similarly to Viking shieldmaidens?
A new study of royal skeletons suggests there may be an element of truth to
