Recent archeological finds reveal that the Greek mythological Amazons, ferocious woman warriors, may have been real. Legends have described the Amazons as horseback-riding, bow-wielding nomads from ...

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Introduction: The nature of nomads, cultural variation, and gender roles past and present / Katheryn M. Linduff and Karen S. Rubinson -- Reconsidering warfare, status, and gender in the Eurasian ...

LONDON — Experts puzzling over the buried remains of an ancient warrior found in a 2,000-year-old grave off the coast of Britain have concluded the person was female. Mystery has surrounded the Iron ...

Greek travelers and writers from the ancient world mythologized the Amazons, but these legendary female warriors were very real. They hailed from the ferocious nomadic Scythian tribes that controlled ...

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The mystery of a 2000 year-old burial containing a mirror and a sword has now been solved, with archaeologists discovering that the person buried with the grave goods was very likely a woman. The ...

THERE can be few myths as ingrained in our consciousness as that of the Amazons, an ancient caste of warrior women whose marksmanship struck fear into the hearts of their enemies, who chose sexual ...