I really hate to be the person to raise this controversial opinion, which will probably annoy most readers (and moderators alike)... But this article really fe

I really hate to be the person to raise this controversial opinion, which will probably annoy most readers (and moderators alike)... But this article really feels like its trying to squeeze feminist women empowering blood from stones. And I really don't necessarily see it. Here's some examples of the language used in the article that I find particularly misleading or unnecessarily loaded. --- "British archeologist Leonard Woolley uncovered the most lavish Mesopotamian tomb ever discovered. ...But the resplendent grave goods are not the only reason the discovery rocked the world in the early 20th century: this tomb belonged to a woman." Is it particularly noteworthy or impressive that an ancient tomb belonged to a woman? Is it out of the realm of possibility that this isn't just the only tomb they've found that wasn't robbed in antiquity? --- "Though no contemporary documents mention Pu-abi, scholars believe she may have ruled in her own right since her seal mentions no husband." That's quite the logical leap --- "There were very large workshops where women were engaged in the production of woolen objects. And within that group, there were actually women who were managers." It would be nice to find more supporting citations of these kinds of statements, but this will be a problem explained later on --- "But if I hadn’t studied Ur’s ancient women, I would have thought that the entire country was ruled by men and that all of the things that occurred in civilization, the beginning of civilization, was about what men did. And now I know that’s just one part of how civilizations develop" The author's own statements don't demonstrate a neutral point of view on this subject --- "Archeologist and textile expert Rita Wright, professor emerita of anthropology at New York University, is the first to ever study Pu-abi’s garments based on the only surviving image of her. Her findings have just been published in the new book Art/ifacts and ArtWorks in the Ancient World. Atlas Obscura spoke to Wright about the role of women in ancient Ur, what we know of Queen Pu-abi’s life, and why textiles are so often overlooked in archeology." This person is basically a gender studies professor specializing in ancient Mesopotamian textiles based off of her previous publications. And she is literally the only person to have written any papers or books about this particular niche that I could find on researchgate. I am not an anthropologist or archeologist, but I cast heavy doubts about articles and publications like these where you essentially have one singular subject matter expert focused on a thin niche that more or less only they know about casting wide generalizations about their field of study.