Princess Ita, who was buried with an elaborate dagger, had robust attachment sites along both forearm bones and at the base of her left pinky. These anatomical changes, the study’s authors say, would have been stressed by using such a weapon.
“When we found that the muscle attachment sites and bone remodeling on their arms and hands corresponded perfectly to the mechanical loads required to draw a bow or grip a dagger,” Hashesh says, “the symbolic argument began to fade in favor of a much more resilient and active reality.”
Other scholars not involved in the work are less convinced.
Wolfram Grajetzki, an Egyptologist at University College London who wasn’t involved in the study, called the study “interesting,” but says he is a proponent of the argument that the weapons are ritual objects.
“It was not common in ancient Egypt to place objects related to professions into burials,” he says. He adds that there were other activities that might explain the bone changes the scientists describe, and that the authors should have also considered a wider range of options.
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In her view, ancient Egypt is known for its artifacts, but the human remains are often overlooked. “},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html12″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”Finding the skeletons was a “profoundly moving experience,” Hashesh says.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html13″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”“Realizing that these individuals, who were central to the royal court of the Middle Kingdom, had been silent and largely unstudied for over 130 years,” she says, “gave our team a sense of responsibility to finally tell their human story.””},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html14″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”Their inspection revealed that several of the royals had healed injuries, including rib, hand, foot, and back fractures. To the researchers, these findings reveal what they call a “paradox of privilege.””},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html15″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”The high status of the six royals did not protect them from life’s harsh realities. 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Princess Noub-Hotep showed a similar pattern, with thickened forearm and hand bones. When they compared these bone marks to known archery signatures from past studies of Neolithic archers, they found they matched.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html19″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”(The forgotten Egyptian queen who dared use forbidden ‘magic’ to make herself pharaoh)“},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html20″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”Princess Ita, who was buried with an elaborate dagger, had robust attachment sites along both forearm bones and at the base of her left pinky. These anatomical changes, the study’s authors say, would have been stressed by using such a weapon. “},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html21″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”\”When we found that the muscle attachment sites and bone remodeling on their arms and hands corresponded perfectly to the mechanical loads required to draw a bow or grip a dagger,” Hashesh says, “the symbolic argument began to fade in favor of a much more resilient and active reality.””},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html22″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”Other scholars not involved in the work are less convinced.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html23″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”Wolfram Grajetzki, an Egyptologist at University College London who wasn’t involved in the study, called the study “interesting,” but says he is a proponent of the argument that the weapons are ritual objects.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html24″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”“It was not common in ancient Egypt to place objects related to professions into burials,” he says. He adds that there were other activities that might explain the bone changes the scientists describe, and that the authors should have also considered a wider range of options.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html25″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”“Weapons were found in these tombs, so they see a connection,” Grajetzki says.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html26″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”Sébastien Villotte, a bioarchaeologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research who studies how physical activity leaves marks on the skeleton, says that the arrows and daggers found in the graves make the princesses’ involvement in such activities plausible, but he calls the interpretation \”speculative.\””},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html27″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”He thinks the study could have benefited from comparing the bone markings with those of non-elite people from the same time and place.”},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”html28″,”cntnt”:{“mrkup”:”To Heshesh, however, the marks left by muscles on bones and the harsh injuries may hint at the Egyptian elites’ active lifestyles: “These princesses were not leading sedentary lives of idle luxury.””},”type”:”p”,”style”:{}},{“id”:”c4a2af08-ce57-4c36-92d1-f266db25888f”,”cntnt”:{“id”:”c4a2af08-ce57-4c36-92d1-f266db25888f”,”cmsType”:”editorsNote”,”note”:”Andrew Chapman is a freelance writer based in Truckee, California. 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