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PBS SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Amazon Warrior Women
PBS ^ | 2004 | Kathy Svitil

Posted on 10/14/2005 9:42:13 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell

The myth of the Amazons, a tribe of bloodthirsty blond women thundering across arid battlefields to the horror of their male foes, has lingered for centuries. Their exploits seized the imagination of the Greek scribes Homer, Hippocrates, and Herodotus. But proof of their existence had always been lacking. Now, a 2,500-year-old mystery may have been solved, cracked by an American scientist whose 10-year odyssey led her tens of thousands of miles in pursuit of the truth. After unearthing a culture of ancient warrior women in the Russian steppes, Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball followed a trail of artifacts to a remote village in Western Mongolia, where her quest for a living link to a long-imagined tribe ended with a startling discovery. There, among the black-eyed Mongols, Davis-Kimball finds a blond child, a 9-year-old girl named Meiramgul. Through DNA testing, Davis-Kimball find that the DNA sequences of the warrior woman and those from the girl of Mongolia are identical.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; sarmatians; scythia; scythian; scythians
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To: LauraleeBraswell
Many of the Kazakhs (Kazakhstan) have light brown hair and green eyes. I've never heard them called the descendants of the Amazons.

I have heard that the Amazons were supposed to have lived in the southern Russian region now known as "the Kuban." Also, the golden fleece was said to be from what is now the republic of Georgia.

21 posted on 10/14/2005 10:43:48 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Liberalism cannot survive in a free and open society.)
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To: LauraleeBraswell
And of course the myth of Amazon warrior women which turns out to be not really a myth at all.

Yep. You can just tell by looking at her that she's a warrior .

22 posted on 10/15/2005 2:25:15 AM PDT by Rudder
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To: LauraleeBraswell

I swear...I was not in Western Mongolia 10 years ago...really.


23 posted on 10/15/2005 4:59:20 AM PDT by Khurkris (Ain't life funny?)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

It is quite fascinating. It is said the Scythians and Sarmatians descended from them.


24 posted on 10/15/2005 5:38:10 AM PDT by Paul_Denton (Stom ta jora UN)
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To: LauraleeBraswell
And of course the myth of Amazon warrior women which turns out to be not really a myth at all.

The ancient Celts had a long history of Women Warriors. Accounts from both the Greeks and Romans mention that if the battle were going against the Celts women would take up arms and fight more ferociously than the men – shaming them into greater deeds of valor. Women were also famous as combat instructors – as the woman (Scathach) who taught Cu Chulainn, and of course Queen Boudicca.
25 posted on 10/15/2005 5:54:52 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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Unearthed skeletal remains of an Amazon woman were analyzed.


26 posted on 10/15/2005 8:19:13 AM PDT by LauraleeBraswell
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