Physical evidence shows these women rode horses astride and fought alongside men.
Historian Bettany Hughes has noted that skeletal analyses provide even more definitive evidence. The bones of these women show the tell-tale signs of a life of combat: fingers warped from years of drawing a bow and pelvises "opened up" from a lifetime spent on horseback. There was no mass slaughter of male children or breast removal. The “cruel Amazons” of myth were instead a reflection of real Scythian women who hunted, fought, and rode alongside their men. As the Greeks first encountered these fierce nomadic women in the 7th century B.C., their descriptions and artistic depictions of Amazons began to incorporate realistic details of the steppe nomads' clothing, weapons, and customs. The myth, it turns out, had a solid core of historical truth. cruel amazons
Sharp silhouettes. Raw leather. Unapologetic power. This season, we’re channeling the ruthless elegance of the legendary sisters of war. We aren't here to be liked; we’re here to be feared. Physical evidence shows these women rode horses astride