The ancient Greeks mythologized the Amazons, but these legendary female warriors were inspired by the very real nomadic Scythian women of Central Asia. With the help of recent archaeological findings, ...

Were the Amazons of ancient Greek mythology — fierce female warriors said to have roamed a vast area around the Black Sea known as Scythia — real? Or were they as fictitious as other Greek myths, such ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new film stars Viola Davis as the leader of the Agojie, the all-woman army of the African kingdom of Dahomey Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History At its ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 28, 2020. The audio is available here. For centuries, scholars assumed that Greek myths about fierce warrior women they called Amazons were just ...

For a long time, modern scholars believed that the Amazons were little more than a figment of ancient imaginations. These were the fierce warrior women of Ancient Greek lore who supposedly sparred ...