"Though some Viking women buried with weapons are known, a female warrior of this importance has never been determined and ...

Much of the history of women warriors has been passed as legend or ... should not let preconceived notions of gender and modern tradition cloud their analysis of future finds.

The Amazons of Greek mythology and the real-life warrior women that led to this iconic modern-day Wonder Woman might, in fact, have roots in ancient Persia – modern-day Iran. It is no longer ...

Rather, "warrior" was probably a profession, like modern-day firefighting, in which most were male but some were female. An illustration depicting the possible likeness of the woman buried in ...

And many Greek poets called the warrior women “man-lovers.” Some modern scholars suggest that Amazons were women who gave up motherhood in order to become warriors. This notion is undermined ...