Smithsonian Magazine

Did These Ancient Egyptian Princesses Wield Weapons and Train in Martial Arts, Just Like the Men of Their Time?

A new analysis of their bones suggests they were buried alongside arrows, maces and daggers because they had repeatedly used ...

3 Unique Women United By Abstraction At CCS, Bard

Somali-born, Kenyan-raised, painter Uman, legendary mid-century New York gallerist Betty Parsons, and fourth generation Diné ...

Reporter's Notebook: Finding World Cup joy in speaking to women who love soccer

Tune into World Cup coverage, and you are likely to see waves of male, screaming, sweaty fans. But one of the joys of ...

Bronze Age ‘shaman,’ previously assumed to be a male metalworker, was actually a woman

Bronze Age remains once thought to belong to a revered male metalworker are in fact female, new DNA analysis has found, ...
Scientific American

Ancient Egyptian princesses were ‘powerful’ weapon users, new analysis suggests

Embellished with gold and lapis lazuli, it was found in the Egyptian princess’s tomb at the site of Dahshur, south of Cairo, ...

Warrior princesses of ancient Egypt? Skeletons show women used the weapons buried with them

Ancient Egyptian princesses were buried with bows, arrows and daggers – and new research shows they weren’t just for ...

Bones reveal ancient Egyptian princesses born 4,000 years ago used weapons

For decades, scientists have disputed the meaning of the weapons found in the burial chambers of some ancient Egyptian ...

The 'girlbossification of AI' enters its influencer era

Kylie Jenner's latest fashion campaign is selling more than a pair of sunglasses. In the ad for Meta's new "Kylie Edition" AI ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Elizebeth Smith Friedman Was the U.S. Government’s First Woman Codebreaker. She Cracked Nazi Secrets, Saved 8,000 Lives and Pioneered Modern Cryptography

For decades, Elizebeth Smith Friedman worked in near-total secrecy, cracking codes that shaped the outcome of two world wars.