Books like Amazons by Adrienne Mayor

An engaging narrative of prehistoric human origins and early civilizations

Rene Noorbergen’s 1977 work challenges mainstream science, arguing that advanced prehistoric technologies existed and that Earth’s civilizations were superior until a global flood caused decline.

Steven Pressfield brings to life the vanished world of the Amazons in "Last of the Amazons," a historical fiction epic set in ancient Greece that explores love, war, and the clash between wildness and civilization.

Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China.