From myths and legends, as well as from the works of many ancient authors, it is known about militant female tribes living according to the laws of matriarchy.
Amazons are women warriors! The question of their real existence still causes a lot of controversy among researchers, and archaeological finds provide new food for thought.
Back in 1928, Soviet scientists made a sensational discovery during excavations in the town of Zemo Ahval on the Black Sea coast, that is, in the area of ​​the alleged resettlement of the Amazons. They unearthed a prehistoric burial in which the "prince" was buried in full armor and fully armed; there was also a double ax. However, a detailed study of the skeleton showed that it ... the remains of a woman.
Who was she? Queen of the Amazons?
In 1971, this time in Ukraine, the burial of a woman buried with royal honors was found. Next to her lay the skeleton of a girl, equally luxuriously decorated. Together with them, weapons and golden treasures were put in the grave, as well as two men who died, as scientists have found, an "unnatural death."
Maybe here lay the Queen of the Amazons with slaves killed in her honor?
In 1993-1997, during excavations near the town of Pokrovka in Kazakhstan, the graves of other "warriors" were found. Near the female skeletons lay gifts: arrowheads and daggers. Obviously, the women of this nomadic tribe were able to fend for themselves in battle. The burial age is two and a half thousand years.
Who is it? Amazons too?
The geography of such finds is much wider, since there is evidence that the Amazons could be in India, and in Malaysia, and even near the Baltic Sea.
And just recently, British scientists found that some Amazons fought for the Romans in what is now Britain. The remains of two Amazon warriors who served in the Roman army in Britain were discovered in a burial place in Bruham, Cumbria.
It is believed that women came here from the Danube region of Eastern Europe - it was there, as the ancient Greeks claimed, that terrible female warriors lived.
The women of this Amazon tribe, who allegedly died out between 220 and 300 CE, were burned at the funeral pyres along with their horses and military ammunition. It may well be that these Amazons were part of the Numerals - the irregular troops of the Roman army, attached to the legions that served in Britain. Other finds suggest that their unit came from the Danube provinces of Norikum, Pannonia and Illyria, now parts of Austria, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia.
At the Bruham burial site, there was a fortification and civilian settlement, and analysis of the remains of more than 180 people showed that the ashes of the dead were buried here. Together with the remains of one of the women, burnt remains of animals were found. Bone plates were also found, which were used to decorate the caskets, as well as details of the sword sheath and pottery. All this indicates that the woman had a high status; her age is estimated from 20 to 40 years. In the grave of another woman, whose age is from 21 to 45, they found a silver bowl, scabbard and bone jewelry.
So, there were women warriors in the world?
In ancient times, the Greeks believed that the Amazons who worshiped the goddess Artemis, came from the god of war Ares (Mars) and his own daughter Harmony, that these tribes lived on the River Fermodont near the city of Femiskira in Asia Minor. In the spring, for two months, the Amazons entered into marriages with strangers or men who lived in the neighborhood to continue the family. The girls were kept, and the boys were either killed or given to their fathers. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, "no girl should know a man until she kills the enemy."