Searching For The Amazons by John Man
A wide-ranging investigation that combines classical texts, archaeology and travel to ask whether the legendary warrior women known as Amazons were based on real historical peoples; the author traces the Greek stories to encounters with mounted Eurasian steppe cultures (Scythians, Sarmatians, Pazyryk) and examines burial mounds, weapon-bearing female graves, art and tattoos, and ancient artistic and literary depictions to show how myth and material evidence intersect, suggesting that powerful, horse-riding women in the ancient world inspired the enduring Amazon legends.
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