A mosaic depicting an Amazon warrior armed with a labrys, engaged in combat with a hippeus. (Credit: Jacques MOSSOT/CC-by-3.0/Wikimedia Commons) Penthesilea was an epic warrior, the prodigy of none ...
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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The remains of four ancient warrior women were recently discovered in Russia, marking the first time ever Scythian fighting females have been found in the same tomb. According to Russia’s RAS ...
Meet the real Amazons: horse-riding, arrow-flinging women who fought alongside men and were feared by them too. Illustration of a battle scene between Amazons and Greeks on a terracotta lekythos (oil ...
Some 2,500 years ago, the Greeks had a big Amazon moment. Warrior women who gloried in their freedom rode into Western culture in the myths, artwork and histories of classical antiquity. On horseback, ...
The latest of John Man’s works of popular history is opportunistic enough to end with a fascinating account of the origins of the female world-saviour originally launched by DC Comics in 1941. He ...
The Greek battle helmet dates back to the back to the 7th century BC. Weapons, jewellery, pottery and the remains of a woman were also found as archaeologists were working on a mountain in Zakotarac ...
The remains of four ancient warrior women were recently discovered in Russia, marking the first time ever Scythian fighting females have been found in the same tomb. According to Russia’s RAS ...
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