A race of warrior women

The story of a race of warrior women first appeared in Greek mythology, but excavations across the north and east of the Black Sea region revealed that worrier women like the Amazons really existed.

• In December 2019, the graves of four female warriors from the 4th Century BC Sarmatian region were found in the village of Devitsa - now Western Russia.
• Excavations within the modern borders of Iran have revealed the existence of female warriors.
• Experts have identified depictions of women in battle with Greek men on vases and other ceramics.
• By the 470s, the Greeks began to refer to representations of the Persians as the Amazons.