100th Wonder Woman of the Week: Princess Ukok

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2188157/The-astonishing-2-500-year-old-tattoos-Siberian-princess--little-changed-art.html

I wanted to do something different starting this week. From now on, I'm going to actually write about the Wonder Women of the Week (crazy, right?) I hope you enjoy.

There is not a whole lot of informationabout Princess Ukok, but she may be one of the most important women in history. Ukok was a princess of the Sarmatian tribe- a central Asian nomadic group who would inspire the Greek Amazon mythology. In essence, Ukok was an Amazon princess- so a real-life Wonder Woman/Xena Warrior Princess. Archaeologists can decifer that Ukok was a priestess and a very important one at that based on her burial goods. The reason she is one of the most important women of all time? Princess Ukok represents something much bigger than herself. As a high-status woman of the Sarmatian tribe, she stood as a symbol that women could be much more than nameless faces carved in marble or painted on canvas. Her tattoos and grave-finds prove Ukok was one of the most important people of her nation and the significance of the Amazon mythology inspired by real women like Ukok echoed through history as a reminder women across the world could really be anything they want, even male-dominated positions like soldiers and priests. When I was thinking about who should be the 100th Wonder Woman of the Week, I couldn't think of anyone better to receive the honor than the real-life Wonder Woman, Princess Ukok.