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 ...

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 ...

The Amazon warriors of ancient Greek lore were once considered mythical figures. But in recent years, archaeological work and genetic analysis have identified women buried with weapons, horseback ...

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 ...

A mosaic depicting an Amazon warrior armed with a labrys, engaged in combat with a hippeus. (Credit: Jacques MOSSOT/CC-by-3.0/Wikimedia Commons) Penthesilea was an epic warrior, the prodigy of none ...