March 28, 2024, 15:20

Secrets of Medieval Finnish Warrior Buried in Women’s Clothing Uncovered by Scientists

Secrets of Medieval Finnish Warrior Buried in Women’s Clothing Uncovered by Scientists

Items found at the burial site include valuable furs, trinkets and brooches, as well as two swords.

Scientists have apparently unravelled the mystery of a Finnish warrior’s burial – after his remains were discovered over five decades ago.

According to The Daily Mail, the grave, found in 1968 in Suontaka Vesitorninmaki, Hattula “during a digging project for a water pipe” was originally believed to be a burial of a high-ranking female or “double burial of a man and woman.”

However, a new study by archaeologists from the University of Turku suggests that the person interred there might’ve been “non-binary” or rather – as the newspaper points out – intersex, and suffering from a genetic condition known as Klinefelter syndrome, when a male is born with an extra X chromosome.

While such person is “still genetically male” they can display “enlarged breast growth, infertility, diminished muscle mass, and reduced body and facial hair.”

The body, which dates to between 1050 AD and 1300 AD,  was wearing feminine clothes typical for the Middle Ages and was buried on a feather blanket with “valuable furs, trinkets and brooches,” researchers reportedly said, which apparently points to high social status of the deceased.

Two swords were also discovered at the burial.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

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