Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Posted on 08/26/2013 4:58:49 AM PDT by Renfield
The discovery in Peru of another tomb belonging to a pre-Hispanic priestess, the eighth in more than two decades, confirms that powerful women ruled this region 1,200 years ago, archeologists said.
The remains of the woman from the Moche—or Mochica—civilization were discovered in late July in an area called La Libertad in the country's northern Chepan province.
It is one of several finds in this region that have amazed scientists. In 2006, researchers came across the famous "Lady of Cao"—who died about 1,700 years ago and is seen as one of the first female rulers in Peru.
"This find makes it clear that women didn't just run rituals in this area but governed here and were queens of Mochica society," project director Luis Jaime Castillo told AFP...
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
European contact with the natives of Peru happened quite a bit later than Columbus.
A “wise latina”? :-))
And let’s not forget Indira Ghandi; Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great are at least as famous. Let’s not forget Queen Victoria who had one of the longest rules on record.
courtesy ping.
courtesy ping.
Modesty ... A strong woman of modesty is a virtue.
True.
A lot of conclusions from archeological findings seem a leap to me. Thus, I’m skeptical here—as well as in how most contrary findings have been concluded.
It’s like that in all the sciences - and especially in the “sciences.” It’s one thing to report the observations, but something else again to prove any conclusions.
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