Plus, whales making hats out of seaweed, a tribe that wanted to be left alone
|  | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | | | | |
 | PHOTOGRAPH BY LOOK AND LEARN, BRIDGEMAN IMAGES
| | Could the most powerful person in the perceived hypermasculine world of the Vikings have been a woman?
That’s one conclusion from a new analysis of an ancient runestone praising Queen Thyra. (The illustration above shows the queen ordering the building of fortifications to defend the kingdom.)
As it turns out, Thyra was a key figure in her own right in the emerging Danish realm of the 10th century, perhaps bigger than her king-husband and her son, a revered nation-builder for whom Bluetooth technology is named.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY SABIHA ÇIMEN | | Goofing around: We mark today’s International Day of the Girl with a prank: Two schoolkids, one with a gorilla mask, just before running through the hallways to startle their friends.
The image is part of a project by photographer Sabiha Çimen, who visited her former Quran school and others across Turkey. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY RAGHUBIR SINGH, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | They didn’t want to be ‘found’: Some groups don’t want to be connected to society and don’t want strangers from the outside poking around. The 2018 killing of an American missionary by one remote tribe may threaten their existence. That’s a theme of The Mission, a National Geographic Documentary film premiering in theaters this week.
The above photograph, first published in our July 1975 magazine, shows Sentinelese tribesmen on North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago standing firm along shoreline, hoisting bows and arrows.
Related: Meet the first woman to contact one of the world’s most isolated tribes | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY YANG JIANZHENG, VCG/GETTY IMAGES | | China's museum boom: Since 2020, more than 20 new cultural facilities have been built in cities, town, and even mountain villages. Among the subjects showcased are imperial history, science fiction, and archeology and astronomy.
(Above, a visitor wearing a virtual reality headset experiences walking on the moon at the Shanghai Astronomy Museum.) What else can travelers see at these museums now that China is issuing tourist visas again?
Related: These are the world’s most beautiful museums | | | |
Today’s soundtrack: Fault Lines, Amanda Shires
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