Lemnian Amazons
Investigations on Lemnos - research campaign 2002
In ancient tradition the island Lemnos (also Limnos) was much connected with the Amazons.
The ancients called this island «predominated by women».
Aim of our exploring expedition was to find prehistoric traces which may be
connected with the Amazons. Many relics have been discovered and investigated
in consideration of our current research results on the Thermodon Amazons in
northern Turkey - the classical homeland of the Amazons.
View from Myrina castle to the mountain Athos on the Greek mainland |
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Prehistoric wall on the castle of Myrina |
Rock-cut buildings on the castle of Myrina |
Prehistoric Sanctuary of Richa Nera |
The remains of the prehistoric sea fortress Ekato Kefalon in Hephaistia |
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Our investigations on Lemnos have increased our knowledge of the Amazons in
many respects. We have detected a lot of conformity and concurrence between
the Thermodon region - the classical homeland of the Amazons - and Lemnos.
Those parallels are so striking that a connection between the Thermodon Amazons
and the Lemnian Amazons seems to be indisputable. Furthermore, it is possible
that we have discovered the first contemporary representation of an Amazon
in a prehistoric rock engraving.
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