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2. Amazons - Wikipedia

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   Amazons. Wounded Amazon of the Capitoline Museums, Rome. A Greek fighting an Amazon; detail from painted sarcophagus found in Italy, 350–325 BC. "Amazon preparing for battle" (Queen Antiope or Hippolyta) or "Armed Venus", by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert, 1860, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. In Greek mythology, the Amazons ( Ancient ...

3. List of Amazons - Wikipedia

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   Reconstruction of the late antique Hunting Amazons mosaic. The Amazons were a group or race of female warriors in Ancient Greek mythology. Most of them are only briefly named in one or two sources, either as companions of Penthesilea at the Trojan War, or as being killed by Heracles during his 12 labours.

4. Timeline of Amazon history - Wikipedia

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   1619 — The settlement of Borja is founded on the banks of the Marañón River, Peru. 1637-39 — Pedro Teixeira leads the first European expedition up the Amazon from Belém to Quito, arriving unexpected. 1638 — First Jesuit mission is founded at Borja in Mainas, Peru on the banks of the Marañón River.

5. Themiscyra (Pontus) - Wikipedia

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   Themiscyra (Pontus) Coordinates: 41°12′33″N 36°58′26″E. An amazon fighter statue in Terme of Samsun province in Turkey. Themiscyra ( / ˌθɛmɪˈskɪrə /; Greek: Θεμίσκυρα Themiskyra) was an ancient Greek town in northeastern Anatolia; it was situated on the southern coast of the Black Sea, near the mouth of the Thermodon ...

6. List of historic Indian texts - Wikipedia

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   1500-800 BCE [1] Shakhas. Vedic school. Each school taught a Veda in a specific way, over time evolving specific styles and emphasis, based on how / by whom / where it was taught. Brahmanas. Commentary and elaboration on vedas and description of religious procedures. 900-500 BCE [2] Upanishads.

7. The Lost City of Z (book) - Wikipedia

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   F2546 .G747 2009. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon is a non-fiction book by American author David Grann. Published in 2009, the book recounts the activities of the British explorer Percy Fawcett who, in 1925, disappeared with his son in the Amazon rainforest while looking for the ancient "Lost City of Z". In the book ...