April
26
/ 2020
Microscopic marks discovered on the shoulder bones of two ancient female warriors bring the legendary woman warrior, Mulan, from eastern mythology into historical reality. Disney’s 1998 animated film Mulan grossed over $300 million at the box office and filmmaker Niki Caro’s new movie version of the epic tale of China’s legendary woman warrior who dressed up as a man, Hua Jun, to fight for China's emperor, will “not" premier as planned on July 24, 2020, because of the pandemic. But a team of two scientific researchers are, however, telling an infinitely more interesting and factual version of this ancient tale. Most historians and archaeologists generally believe the story of Mulan was inspired by historical female warriors, the Xianbei, who were
