Warrior Women

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WARKlOI^UJOinE
is the first portrait of women who daringly built civilizations, repelled invaders, and helped to conquer new worlds.
After raising six children and working as a nurse and a cattle rancher. Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball became fascinated with the ancient legend of the Amazons. Traveling to remote Kazakhstan, a region halfway between Moscow and Mongolia, she went in search of history's most powerful women. Now she describes her exciting, dangerous odyssey and what she found on the trail of the real-life female warriors, heroines, and leaders left out of the history books imtil now. Pursuing the truth from Asia to Ireland, Dr. Davis-Kimball discovered:
• A troop of riding, sword-wielding women who were real, not a myth
• The secret of China's mysterious, mummified, auburn-haired priestesses
• The real identity of the fabulous "Gold Man" of Saka
• The origins of the Irish warrior queens whose sepulchres remain on the fields of Eire.
"A warm, engaging, and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

WARKlOI^UJOinE
is the first portrait of women who daringly built civilizations, repelled invaders, and helped to conquer new worlds.
After raising six children and working as a nurse and a cattle rancher. Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball became fascinated with the ancient legend of the Amazons. Traveling to remote Kazakhstan, a region halfway between Moscow and Mongolia, she went in search of history's most powerful women. Now she describes her exciting, dangerous odyssey and what she found on the trail of the real-life female warriors, heroines, and leaders left out of the history books imtil now. Pursuing the truth from Asia to Ireland, Dr. Davis-Kimball discovered:
• A troop of riding, sword-wielding women who were real, not a myth
• The secret of China's mysterious, mummified, auburn-haired priestesses
• The real identity of the fabulous "Gold Man" of Saka
• The origins of the Irish warrior queens whose sepulchres remain on the fields of Eire.
"A warm, engaging, and power-packed personal story Davis-Kimball has single-handedly transformed the face of archaeology in the West Reveals a truth far more interesting than fiction." —Vicki Noble, author of Motherpeace and Shakti Yeomen
"Riveting sure to inspire a whole new generation of strong women!" —Olympia Dukakis, actress
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