debate as to whether this important person was a male or female. that comes down to because swords are typically found to be with males,. there was only this one skeleton, so tell me what you have now established. tell me what you have now established. ., , tell me what you have now established. . , ., established. there have been a cou-le of established. there have been a couple of different established. there have been a couple of different tests - established. there have been a couple of different tests done. | established. there have been a. couple of different tests done. a dna test was done back in 1999, and another 120 years later. unfortunately the dna didn t survive very well. there wasn t any left. that happens quite commonly in archaeology, where sometimes the dna erodes away, especially in a harsh soil environment like the sea and the isles of scilly. we have another technique that is really starting to emerge, when said of using dna, we are able to use proteins. the