Was there really an ancient society of brutal female warriors? Or was it all a scary-sexy invention of the Greek imagination, much like our modern obsession with vampires? Like a lot of history, the truth may be somewhere in between... and the modern postscript to the Amazon story is pretty intriguing!
Further Reading:Amazons (The New International Encyclopedia)Amazon Warrior Women (Secrets of the Dead - documentary)The Amazon Women: Is There Any Truth Behind the Myth? (Smithsonian Magazine)
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