Fu Hao, queen and general
A royal wife who led armies: the 'Chinese Tutankhamun'
One of the many wives of the Shang king Wu Ding, Fu Hao was a general and high priestess whose campaigns are recorded on oracle bones. Her tomb, found intact in 1976 with weapons and over 700 jades, earned her the name 'the Chinese Tutankhamun'.
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A near-contemporary of Tutankhamun in China was an army general. Fu Hao, wife of the Shang king Wu Ding, led military campaigns and served as high priestess; her intact tomb, found in 1976, earned her the name 'the Chinese Tutankhamun'. Share →
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Middle East
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Americas
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Alive at the time
- Fu Hao (aged 40)