A 2,700-year-old tomb in central Greece has revealed a woman laid to rest with a bronze crown placed upside down on her head, ...

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 ...

Heracles, the son of Zeus, was jealous of these warrior women, and had them enslaved. (This is a story straight from Greek mythology). The misogynistic demigod betrayed Hippolyta, stealing her ...

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 ...

Greek travelers and writers from the ancient world mythologized the Amazons, but these legendary female warriors were very real. They hailed from the ferocious nomadic Scythian tribes that controlled ...

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history. In an ancient cemetery in Sárrétudvari, Hungary, archaeologists have ...