Searching for the Amazons: the real warrior women of the ancient world
"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... In the absence of evidence, we eventually reasoned away their existence, concluding that these powerful, sexually liberated female soldier...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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... In the absence of evidence, we eventually reasoned away their existence, concluding that these powerful, sexually liberated female soldiers must have been the fantastical invention of Greek myth and storytelling. Until now. Following decades of new research and a series of groundbreaking archeological discoveries, we now know these powerful warrior queens did indeed exist. In Searching for the Amazons, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia—from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China—to discover the truth about the truth about these women whose legend has resonated over the centuries." |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 301 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781681776750 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Map: The Realms of the Amazons viii
Introduction: Changing Myths, Emerging Truths xi
1 A Legend and Its Meaning 1
2 Close Encounters of the Scythian Kind 29
3 A Short Chapter on Breasts 43
4 Treasures in Bone and Gold 51
5 The Ice Maiden 79
6 Sarmatians: The Roots of the Legend 93
7 The Return of the Mounted Archer 105
8 Amazonia: From Dreams to a New Reality 123
9 A Painting, Two Plays and a Suicide 159
10 The Amazons of ‘Black Sparta’ 191
11 Amazons with Wings: Russia’s Night Witches 213
12 Wonder Woman: The Secret Origins of
an Amazon Princess 241
Epilogue: Halfway to Amazonia 263
Bibliography 275
Acknowledgements 281
Picture Acknowledgements 283
Index 285
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