THERE can be few myths as ingrained in our consciousness as that of the Amazons, an ancient caste of warrior women whose marksmanship struck fear into the hearts of their enemies, who chose sexual ...

The Amazons, a mythical race of female warriors that inspired fictional heroes such as Wonder Woman and Xena the Warrior Princess, may have been more than ancient Greek lore. The Institute of ...

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 ...

In 2017, a team of Swedish archaeologists announced an exciting discovery: They had, for the first time, identified the remains of a Viking woman warrior. A DNA analysis of a Viking Age skeleton ...

War has been a constant throughout human history, yet most of the classic stories we read focus on men. That’s perhaps why 2017’s Wonder Woman was such a smash hit — audiences clearly crave greater ...

Ancient remains of a suspected “Amazon warrior” have been identified as a girl no older than 13 years old. The 2,600-year-old teenager is also said to have a visible wart and a range of war-like grave ...

When she was 9, Athens-born Evangelia Philippidis moved with her family from Greece to the United States. Before they left, young Evangelia’s father made sure his family would know about their ...

Everyone’s heard a thing or two about Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty; Neptune, the god of the sea; Thor, the god of lightning; and Ra, the god of the sun. But how well would you be able to ...

This fierce all-female army was so ruthless that European colonists called them the Amazons after the merciless warriors of Greek mythology. Actors Chadwick Boseman and Michael B Jordan earned high ...