The Amazons of Libya

Despite the fact that most ancient authors wrote only of the Amazons along the Thermodon River, there were a few who knew of Amazons who had once lived in Libya in North Africa.
However, the Libyan Amazons are said to have lived long before the Amazons of the Thermodon River!

There is a depiction on a Greek vase that clearly shows a Negroid Amazon kneeling before an altar. A palm tree can be seen behind the altar. Thus, it seems quite clear that the artist depicted an African Amazon - apparently a Libyan Amazon.

Is there any archaeological evidence of Amazons in Libya?

In southwestern Libya, in the mountainous region of Fezzan, some very interesting and, in some cases, strange rock engravings have been discovered. These engravings must be very old. Today, this region is an inhospitable rocky desert where human life is impossible. These images must therefore have been created at a time when life was still possible there. The desertification of the landscape began about 4,000 years ago.

One of the engravings depicts a female figure wearing a pointed cap. In Greek depictions, such caps are worn by Amazons equipped as archers. Furthermore, this figure carries a bow - a favorite weapon of the Greek Amazons.
The resemblance to Greek Amazons is so striking that, were it not for the fact that this image was found approximately 1,000 kilometers south of the Mediterranean coast in the heart of the African continent, these depictions would be considered part of the same tradition.

Is there really any truth to the story that Amazons once lived in Africa, long before the Amazons of the Thermodon River?

The BERBERS - Descendants of the Libyan Amazons?

Gerhard Pöllauer, Geheimnisvolles Lemnos

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