New Find May Confirm that Amazons, Ancient Female Warriors, Existed

By
Matthew Norman
March 26, 2024

Excavations of bronze age burial sites have uncovered battle-scarred female archers, leading some archaeologists to posit that Amazons, the famed female warriors of Greek legend who are largely believed to be mythical, may have really existed.

In Greek mythology, the Amazons were warrior women living northeast of ancient Greece during the later bronze age, between approximately 1900 and 1200 BC. The source of the Amazonian myths is classical Greek literature, where they were first mentioned by Homer.

As one of his 12 labors, Hercules has to get hold of the magic girdle of the Amazonian queen Hippolyte, and Achilles killed another Amazonian queen, Penthesilea, only to fall madly in love with her as her gorgeous face emerged from the helmet.

Despite being shrouded by mystery and myth, archaeologists are beginning to find more and more evidence for the existence of these fierce female warriors, the latest piece coming from excavations of graves within a bronze age necropolis in Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan revealed that women had been buried with weapons like razor-sharp arrowheads, a bronze dagger and a mace, as well as jewelry.

Following the discovery, archaeologists have concluded that there may have been Amazon women who lived 4,000 years ago, and these ferocious women were known for their male-free society and their aptitude on the battlefield, especially with a bow and arrow.

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