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Ancient warrior women might not be a myth

For centuries, Amazonians were dismissed as mythological propaganda. Recent archaeological discoveries tell a different story. Female skeletons buried with weapons show signs of battle and horseback ...
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 ...
Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says - ‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class ...
When you think of ancient history, what comes to mind? Kings, battles, empires... men writing most of the rules, right? But pause for a second. Look a little closer. Because woven into the grand ...