The warriors, too, resonate in other finds ... events transpired. “The Scythian women, when they saw that time went on, and their husbands did not come back, had intermarried with their slaves ...

They were exceptional horsemen and warriors, and feared adversaries of the ancient Greeks, Assyrians, and Persians between 900 and 200BC. While the Scythians ... remains of a woman and 18 horses.

In a different story, Herodotus tells how the Scythians were the descendants of the mighty hero Heracles and a creature who was half woman and half snake. The full story is not yet known and ...