Amazons

Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons an elusive tribe of hard-fighting horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their origins. Artists and poets celebrated their battles and wrote of Amazonia. Spanish explorers carrying t...See More