[asgardshill]

Did Amazon archers really cut off one of their breasts to facilitate the use of their weapons? In the spirit of "everything you know is wrong", I'd really like to know if this was ever documented.

[Hank Rearden]

This should have been an auto-ping.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[burrian]

The show was fascinating. In a kurgan in the Russian steppes, the archaeologists found a 2500 yr old burial of a woman likely mortally injured in combat. Her apparel matched exactly Herodotus' description of the Amazons, and she was buried with spiritual items and weapons.

Then they drove deep into the backwaters of the Russian steppes and found a modern nomad child with blond hair and very European features whose DNA matched closely the DNA extracted from the Amazon burial. And the villagers still used recurve bows and the tall coned hats of the Amazons.
This is just further support that proto-Europeans penetrated the Steppes and shaped the cultures there. In the larger context of the rise of civilization, it certainly seems to support that as the agricultural societies arose, entire clans of nomadic European people fled to the peripheries of the civilized world. We can only speculate as to their motives in doing so.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks blam. FWIW, other possibilities are the Cimmerians, who destroyed Gordion in the 7th century BC (Phrygia was reportedly attacked by the Amazons; the Cimmerians were wiped out shortly thereafter by the Scythians and everyone already in the area), and the "Hittites", who wore skirts (or kilts, if you will). In an ancient bas relief of "Amazons", it appears to be skirted warriors wearing "Hittite" style helmets.

The Synchronized Chronology: Rethinking Middle East Antiquity by Roger Henry

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[SunkenCiv]

Probably my favorite book:

The History (Book IV) Melpomene
by Herodotus
440 B.C.
Translated by George Rawlinson

the discussion of the Amazons is found in "Melpomene".

[JudyB1938]

It's been a long time since I've been as excited as I was last night watching that show. Naturally, I thought of you and the red headed mummies. :0)

I really liked that female archaeologist, too. She was great. A real people person. I think that's one secret of her success.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Here is

my favorite Amazon...

[SunkenCiv]

bttt with a few related GGG / FR topics:

The Argonaut Epos and Bronze Age Economic History
Economics Department, City College of New York
Revised May 14, 1999 | Morris Silver
Posted on 08/25/2004 10:30:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1199756/posts

Arzawa
The House of David (not the vanished religious sect by that name)
circa 2002 by David R Ross
Posted on 11/26/2004 7:32:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1289143/posts

Inscription in Carian and Greek
Anistoriton ^ | 27 Dec. 1997 | (editors)
Posted on 07/17/2004 6:20:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1173453/posts?page=10#10

Non-Attic Characters
University of California, Irvine, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
September 7 2003 (rev 9-28-2003) | Nick Nicholas
Posted on 07/18/2004 6:43:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173901/posts

Quarry, Setting and Team Marks: The Carian Connection
University of Leiden (Netherlands) ^ | 1998 | (about) Sheldon Lee Gosline
Posted on 10/08/2004 3:20:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1239452/posts

So Who Is Buried in Midas's Tomb?
NYT ^ | 12/25/2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 12/24/2001 10:12:01 PM PST by a_Turk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/596541/posts

The Truth About An Epic Tale Of Love, War And Greed (Troy)
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-24-2004
Posted on 03/25/2004 12:03:11 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1105131/posts

Was There a Trojan War?
Archaeology ^ | May/June 2004 | Manfred Korfmann
Posted on 07/29/2004 11:43:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1181498/posts?page=3#3

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