Sarmatian Female Warriors — Amazon Myth Origin

500 BCE · Ural-Volga Bozkırı · social

In 20-30% of the Sarmatian kurgans excavated in the southern Urals there are female skeletons buried with weapons and battle equipment.

DNA and archaeology confirm that these women rode and fought. The people Herodotus described as "Amazons" were in all probability Sarmatian women warriors. This is the root of the Turkic tradition of the woman warrior (Ana Hanım, Tomyris).

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What was Sarmatian Female Warriors — Amazon Myth Origin?
In 20-30% of the Sarmatian kurgans excavated in the southern Urals there are female skeletons buried with weapons and battle equipment.
When did Sarmatian Female Warriors — Amazon Myth Origin happen?
500 BCE
Where did Sarmatian Female Warriors — Amazon Myth Origin take place?
Ural-Volga Bozkırı