Did the Warrior Women Known as the Amazons Ever Actually Exist?

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[@chronicbob]

When and who invented the first British fish and chips shop, where was it located and what did they actually sell? On a side note please please please can you find out how they made the chip shop curry sauce. You know the good stuff they made when you was a kid. Not the rubbish, (Add 250ml to 200g of powder) they try to sell you now days.

[@athena8794]

As a female archery instructor, can confirm: boobs are no hindrance to archery, providing you wear a sports bra and pay attention to your draw point. That being said, string bite on the bewb SUCKS.

[@danilooliveira6580]

at what point boobs start to become a hindrance ? I imagine after a certain size there is no sports bra or chest guard that can get the boob out of the way.

[@phantom_blade555]

athena8794 do you think if you keep hitting your boob you would develop breasts of steel? The reason I ask is because if you did to me you would be an absolute bad ass!

[@christopherpappas7474]

I wonder about Dolly Parton?

[@KarlBunker]

My (generously endowed) ex-wife cited this as a reason for not pursuing archery after trying it a few times. Maybe she just needed a female instructor.

[@athena8794]

@@KarlBunker I would reccomend either buying a chest guard, or googling how F to M trans types bind their chests. The more compact you can get things, the better. Also, try using a draw point that's higher on the face, like the cheekbone or the corner of the eye. I'm a D cup, and I prefer the corner of the mouth as my draw point, but it's a very subjective thing.

[@shizanketsuga8696]

Never heard the middle finger gesture being about archery. I did, however, hear that about the "brit-style" flip-off involving both index and middle finger. Apparently it's supposed to stem from the 100 years' war where captured archers would get those two fingers chopped off.

[@Sandied]

I came down here to point this out, as well.

[@MarmiteTheDog]

Agreed. How could the middle finger signify anything to do with archery? Its the British version that came from this.

[@grmpEqweer]

Yes, the two-finger "up yours," was supposedly from English bowmen, waving their shooting fingers in defiance. EDIT! ...But it doesn't surprise me that the middle finger has always had a buttplay connotation. Humans are like that.

[@S-uuuu]

We use it in Ireland too and I thought the same

[@jase1914]

Yep, same. The archer link is to the two fingered salute, not the middle finger. You would think Simon being a Brit would know this.

[@shindari]

No, I will not be "smashing" any more thumbs up buttons. I've lost enough keyboards... Instead, I will gently point, and click, with my mouse... like a civilized nerd.

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shindari Same.

[@rodh1404]

I tried smashing the like button, but someone smashed it before I did.....

[@shindari]

@Agent J No, I most certainly am introverted. Most nerds are.

[@vdotme]

😂😂😂😂

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I just wait until I've had a few beers. Then I can go ahead and hit that thumbs up button while being smashed. Much more fun that way.

[@newbc9806]

" no doubt water was needed to put out the fire from that wicked burn" lol

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You wrote my comment for me! 😂

[@TodayIFoundOut]

"This vid was reuploaded" No it wasn't. Just elements of the Bonus Fact

[@kindlin]

I don't actually understand the exchange. I especially don't understand the insult. Must be some references I'm missing. Massive *woosh*

[@ryansmith8345]

For anyone who likes to know : Amazons indeed were of an Iranian race (the Scythian subgroup & then the Samaritan subgroup after the Scythians started to vanish) but the word *Amazon* itself doesn't refer to a race at all !!!! Funny isn't it ? My whole childhood was a lie !!! loool *Amazon* is the ancient Greek pronunciation of *Hamazon* which is an ancient Iranian word meaning *warrior* (just like how we call *India* today which is *Hindu* in Persian & hindi itself, the *H* gets dropped) Iranians & especially the Persians were known to give extremely high amount of values to their women & therefore their Hamazon ranks also included many many warrior women !!!! The Greeks however especially the Athenians & Spartans were known to be quite the opposite, Athenians even resented & hated women in armor & therefore while warrior women were a norm for the Iranians, for the Greeks they were more like a myth & legend & they always depicted them in a way that eventually a Male greek demigod would defeat them !

[@soberhippie]

Covering the breasts on an engraving of an Amazon is like knocking off the willies on Greek and Roman statues

[@DarkChaos87]

That's why I miss the 90's Discovery Channel. The occasional: nudity, blood, extreme violence, gore, sometimes language (although, we can't understand, pretty sure there's tons of vulgarity). Man, the animal kingdom is a wild place.

[@DarkChaos87]

@nemo pouncey that wasn't around in the 90's. Old school discovery Channel would show all the animal fucking, animals killing animals with all the blood and guts, and all the uncensored titties from the deep jungle tribes. Not sure what Discovery is like today, but I guess it's been covered up because people nowadays are too fuckin sensitive, they need to wash themselves in Sensodyne.

[@myragroenewegen5426]

Greek explorers: "We found a group wariors -- traveling horse archers. Interestingly a third of them were women." Scribe: They are fierce warriors and they have no men. So determined are they that they cut off some top half lady parts to be better archers. They ritualistically take lovers but once a year, solely to produce more women. Do they eat rocks for breakfast? Lets say they eat rocks for breakfast!"

[@droe2570]

Sounds a lot like modern history rewriting. It's good to know there has always been questionable history, I suppose.

[@seigeengine]

I mean, a big part of the issue is you have to realize how terrible communication was back then. Today I can send you a pic around the world. Back then they were probably working with nth hand verbal accounts, possibly written down years prior.

[@lordsithous4406]

Sounds like modern media... seems as more time passes.. the more everything stays the same.

[@Nionivek]

I mean... What is a more interesting fictional story to tell: "Where once was a group of people and some of their warriors were women!"... oooor "There was a group of warrior women!" Even in contemporary writing they LOVE to just write about actual historical events and just edit out the actual historic people who lived through them... and simply replace them with women. Battlefield is of particular note because while their revisionist history altered the history... at no point did they actually tell the story of an actual woman in WW2, just men's stories replaced with women.

[@vilwarin5635]

Maybe if men and women wore the same clothes, the same hairstyle and painted their faces (and the men wore no beards) it would be difficult to know the difference between the two 🤔

[@johndavis6119]

I once read that the British version of “the bird,” the two finger salute came about after Agincourt as the British troops were getting on their ships to sail home they would taunt the French with it to remind them that 500 archers defeated 1000 knights.

[@johndavis6119]

No. Not at all. It was a taunt that became commonplace in British Commonwealth countries.

[@kittye8340]

Nospam Spamisham wth do u thing gay ppl are doing that a two finger salute looks like a homosexual act??????

[@Levermonkey]

Unfortunately there is no evidence of this gesture much before the start of the C20th. Only really gained popularity during WWII. Invented back story created to explain origins to Americans as they had arrived late for WWII (as they did in WWI) and they had never seen this before. This is why the 'Two-Fingered Salute' is an insult in Britain and Australia but in the US just means two.

[@johndavis6119]

That makes sense. The reverse of the V for Victory to wag under the German’s noses.

[@skunkrat01]

“Smash that like button” has taken on a new connotation after learning about the thumb thing

[@muppetanimal550]

i wonder if those cultures have a different icon for the like button?

[@pr0xZen]

Touché!

[@keithharper32]

fun fact I read: the Amazon/Scythian connection is further reinforced by some ancient refereneces to a Scythian leader named Queen Amezan, who led her tribes warriors in battle. When I read about her I figured that could be the origin of the word amazon (the greeks getting the mistaken idea it was the name of the tribe and not just one leader)

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

@rikjohnson39 In the video he said that Amazon is not a Greek word but taken from an other culture.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

The known queen of Skythia was Thomyris. Never heard of an Amezan, nor did I find results with Google.

[@ryansmith8345]

Her name itself was originated in the word Amazon not the other way around The Amazons were not a race at all , in ancient Persian/old Iranian *Hamazon means warrior* & in Greek the *H* of other words that aren't Greek is silent (Which is why *Hindustan* in Persian is pronounced *India*/ or Hindus valley as Indus valley , and so on) *Iranians include the Scythians* ( *Sistanian* in old & middle Persian , which is just the name of a province in Iran in modern Persian) and *samaritans* ( *Ard-Alan* in ancient Persian which is today a common boy's name) & *the Medes* (which are present day Azaris & Kurds) & *the Parthians* (who were Ashkanians) & *the Persians & the bactrians* (pronounced *Balkh* in Persian) Hamazons were warrior Iranians & since unlike the Athenians & the Spartans, the Persians gave a tremendous amount of value to their women, *many of the ranks of the Hamazons were also women which was very normal for Persians but sounded like a myth or a legend to the ancient Greeks*

[@varsianafoka4032]

amazons was greek tribe, check their names

[@Zahaqiel]

It's the two-fingered salute that's meant to be related to archery, not flipping the bird. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#As_an_insult It's a uniquely British and Australian insult though which, among other historical points, makes that unlikely (otherwise it would probably be used in the US as well).

[@BenTajer89]

Brits used longbows way more than other medieval European countries, and that particular type of archery was an especially large part of British culture. Austalian is demographically a lot more British than the US, so that might explain the difference. On the other hand, it could all be a myth.

[@Zahaqiel]

@@BenTajer89 Yeah, that seems to pretty much be the general discussion on flipping people off with two fingers - Britain was historically longbow central and Australia began being settled by the British about a hundred years later than the US and retains its political and cultural ties with the UK.

[@imgrindin]

From what i was told the middle finger was the plucking finger, and when captured enemies would cut it off, thats why they'd stick it up at em across the field to say pluck you, evolves into fuck you. Ahhh history. Beautiful times and perspectives. Sometimes.

[@timothyneiswander3151]

As a US citizen, I in fact do use this but I am also heavily influenced by British television. I have witnessed its use a couple of times over the years in the US but I cannot confirm the reason it was used.

[@robbikebob]

@@imgrindin I'm afraid, when archers where captured they where simply killed. Only knights where spared as they had money.

[@kenkeep69]

Adrienne Meyer's book, The Amazons is a fascinating read. I think thats who Simon was referencing. She looks deeply into to the Sarmatian theory as well as look at some farther flung ideas from many different cultures.

[@xcrimsinx]

Side note, the Scottish Martial art is called, Fook Yoo, which consists of head butting someone, and then kicking them while they are on the ground. It is better if one is drunk, while practicing this style of martial arts.

[@ryandowney8743]

The Scottish version of Drunken Master was a lot different.

[@idwmac]

If at first ye don't succeed, i' wi' th' boot, then i' wi' th' heed

[@jazzgrubsmoor6007]

After exploring the issue for several weeks, I came to suspect that even though the stories about Amazons contain much fantasy, they could easily have their roots in Scythian women getting revenge for their fallen husbands.

[@aljohnson2838]

Dahomey Amazon's. Those are the one's that actually existed and are proven and verified with that name and history.

[@jazzgrubsmoor6007]

@@aljohnson2838 While the reality of the Dahomey is historically established, there is little chance that the Greeks of 500 to 300 B.C.E. had contact with them, given the challenges of the travel involved. On the other hand, the Greeks did have trading colonies on the Black Sea. The Scythian women of southern Ukraine are the most likely source of the original Amazonian warrior legends that were later reinforced (for Europeans who loved to record history) when colonial era Europeans explored Africa and Brazil. While female warriors may have been a big thing longer, earlier, and even better in Africa, when you go looking for the source of the Greek myths about them, you have to look at the peoples who existed at the edges of the world know to the classical Greeks.

[@ryansmith8345]

For anyone who likes to know : Amazons indeed were of an Iranian race (the Scythian subgroup & then the Samaritan subgroup after the Scythians started to vanish) but the word *Amazon* itself doesn't refer to a race at all !!!! Funny isn't it ? My whole childhood was a lie !!! loool *Amazon* is the ancient Greek pronunciation of *Hamazon* which is an ancient Iranian word meaning *warrior* (just like how we call *India* today which is *Hindu* in Persian & hindi itself, the *H* gets dropped) Iranians & especially the Persians were known to give extremely high amount of values to their women & therefore their Hamazon ranks also included many many warrior women !!!! The Greeks however especially the Athenians & Spartans were known to be quite the opposite, Athenians even resented & hated women in armor & therefore while warrior women were a norm for the Iranians, for the Greeks they were more like a myth & legend & they always depicted them in a way that eventually a Male greek demigod would defeat them !

[@Lamontira]

Y'all Really give the Greeks tooooo much credit! The got EVERYTHING FROM THE AFRICANS, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH THE LIFESTYLES OF AFRICANS.

[@N.I.A23]

Why would a woman care about her fallen husband?? This isn't what they're wired to do. They must search for a superior male not waste their time on a dead one.

[@Moodymongul]

0:44 - "took a male lover only once a year ..solely for procreation". Soooo, that would mean they were generally pregnant in battle too. No wonder they were so fierce!

[@theconqueringram5295]

I always thought that the Amazons were inspired by the Scythians! Cool fact about the middle finger, now I am going to tell everyone I know what the middle finger means.

[@kylemendoza8860]

The Amazons in south America. Were inspired by men with long hair.

[@sigor2011]

What a smooth transition from archery to phallus Simon!

[@ms.sanchez3924]

😀😂😂🤣

[@seigeengine]

What's a bow but a clever way to penetrate the enemy with symbolic phalluses?

[@daviesdavies538]

Reminds me of when in Romeo and Juliet, the two warring families 'biting their thumbs' toward one another as an insult to provoke a fight

[@inisipisTV]

"Here's to swimmin' with Bow-legged women!"

[@guypehaim1080]

The British showed the middle and index fingers defiantly to the enemy to verify that they were able to draw the bow. It was common practice for captured archers to have their draw fingers lopped off to prevent them from being able to function as a bowman.

[@DoctorProph3t]

Yeah that’s a myth, far as folks can tell it was a gesture of sodomy. There’s more evidence to suggest it was literally “2” during Agincourt, 500 defeated 1000, hence the “two to one!” But this is frighteningly thin as it is.

[@MusMasi]

at least they did not cut their bollocks off, though that would actually be another effective tactic of war, castrate all the men, but then you could not breed them for slaves or lower class serfs if you conquer their territory. You could impregnate all their women with your own men but if you do that on too large a scale that will lead to other problems.

[@janibeg3247]

There were warrior women in Africa. Dahomey Amazons: The All-Female Warriors of West Africa. The Dahomey Amazons, also known as Mino (meaning 'our mothers' in Fon), were an all-female military army of the Republic of Benin which was known at the time as the Kingdom of Dahomey.

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

@Nospam Spamisham what do you mean? How did you arrive at that conclusion?

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

It's funny, I thought this video was going to be about the Dahomey Amazons but then I realized it's African history, which mainstream media avoids like the plague lol

[@KingCrazealmighty360]

What about the ones in s America??????? They fought against Spaniards

[@ShanaLawson]

Africa still has tribes/groups like them. They also have the group of women who take down poachers.

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

@Nospam Spamisham Dahomey Amazons always insisted on womanhood. Pls do some research before you speak. They were the Special Forces of the Benin Kingdom's army.

[@brandytzu2747]

0:26 Really! Even boobs on an ancient piece needed to be censored? Jeeez...

[@johnberry5275]

What do you want? National Geographic?

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@johnberry5275 No, just some common sense. It's 2020, not frigging 1920!

[@revenevan11]

The KZbin algorithm would age restrict or demonetize it all the same. Doesn't have to do with beliefs or censorship practices except for the unfortunate de-facto ones that have emerged from the fucking algorithm and broken ad revenue system that KZbin refuses to do anything about. They have forced educational channels to censor ancient works of art but the advertisers themselves (who KZbin claim to be censoring things for, so they can continue to put their ads on videos) are allowed to post some seriously fucked up ads, let alone just the standard very sexual ones (I'm fine with some of those specifically, it's just hypocritical for KZbin to allow those while completely destroying this platform for the sake of kid friendliness despite having KZbin kids). lol

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

I have *_NEVER_* heard of anyone saying that showing the middle finger, was about showing you still had it and could shoot a bow. Showing the middle *_AND_* index finger, however, is often said to be about still having them, and being able to shoot a bow. either notion is wrong, of course, but the former isn't a thing.

[@gourdguru]

at least the "british" middle and index gesture makes sense contextually with the archery story. but yeah. i'd never heard the archery thing tied to the standard middle finger either.

[@alphanum001]

"No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you sir; but I bite my thumb, sir." - Romeo and Juliet

[@bdonovable]

I thought of that scene in R & J as well.

[@whssy]

Fascinating video. Betany Hughes documentary about Bacchus/Dionysus also suggests wine was invented in this part of the world too. Note also the large number of female combat troops in the Red Army in WW2.

[@melissapinol7279]

Interesting. In the Greek writing Dionysus was supposed to have come from "the East", and the areas mentioned are certainly East of Greece. Also, Dionysus' mother Semele was probably based on the Goddess Zemele, who was originally from Eastern Europe.

[@auagfinder6541]

I highly recommend “Last of the Amazons” by Steven Pressfield. Of course it’s fiction, but it presents a very interesting social structure for the Amazons. Pressfield is best known for his novel about the 300 Spartans called “Gates of Fire” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance”.

[@armorbearer9702]

(2:42) I am not surprised that 5'6" was considered tall. Vikings were not that tall as well because they did not have access to the food we have now.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

My favorite fact: can not marry before making a kill in battle. This has so much to it. That would mean that young girls with out proper training would be protected from forced marriages. Would guess, less domestic violence, perhaps? Imagine being a guy back then and liking a girl, ready to commit, next big step : honey, do you want to go with me to fight in the front lines?

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

I liked that too.

[@likira111]

Given the man would most likely have killed as well I feel the lack of forced marriges would have been due to the general gender equality. And I feel like theres a difference bewteen a political enemy and the love of your life attacking you, domestic violence isn't just physical strength.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

@@likira111 that's true. If we take a look at the spartan culture, many of the facts were also true to them. For them only warriors that died in battle and mothers that had died in childbirth were worthy of a tombstone.

[@MikeKojoteStone]

I wouldn't put too much praise on the Spartans. Their most formidable skill throughout the ages was making up stuff about how formidable they were. That said, I think the notion of the women not being allowed to get married before proving themselves in the same way their male counterparts have to bears a certain beauty. I'd also like to think that domestic violence might be less prevalent in a martial society that endures constant hardship. If you live a dangerous life, you value peace and harmony much more, generally speaking. Sure, there'd also be the issue of portraumatic stress, but I think our ancestors had their own, often harsh, but also effective ways to deal with that to a degree. In short, I'd love to have a first hand account of actual life for Samartians/Scythians. In hopes it wouldn't be as disappointing as most other cultures essentially were, once you stripped the fancy made up stories away, they surrounded themselves with.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

@@MikeKojoteStone I doubt the Scythians would be very disappointing as most tales told about them were made up by outsiders. And they had descendants living last century in a very similar culture. I have wondered if they cared about how they were mythologized, and if so what they thought of it.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

8:56 I thought the archery-related gesture involved two fingers, not one. Because it took both those fingers to pull the bowstring. If you want to know the gesture I mean, try watching old episodes of _Last of the Summer Wine_ . As I recall, Compo used it frequently.

[@carltonleboss]

You could make a whole video on Diogenes, very interesting person.

[@antiisocial]

I think he did on the Biographics channel

[@kryan1234567890]

Already did homes... Biographic channel

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

Carl Busani He has one on the Biographics channel.

[@katyungodly]

Sam O’Nella Academy did a very entertaining video on Diogenes

[@NnH_Kairyu]

I find it humorous that the Bonus Fact in this new video is the subject of the old video that KZbin conveniently placed next in line on my Recommendations. 🤣

[@AryonaSamoto]

Great Episode! Did Shield Maidens actually exist & did they really only marry a man who can best them in battle?

[@daniwagner3843]

In reference to insults using digits, the one I always heard was not of the middle finger thrust out on its own being related to archery. I always heard that when it was the index AND the middle finger were held aloft together in a "reverse" victory gesture, that was meant as a threat to cut off the main archery fingers of the offender.

[@fuzzy4580]

did wandering adventurers actually exist in the medieval era? I’ve heard of the paladins and the knights of the round table, and many many games feature mercenary adventurers seeking fortune and glory. how accurate is all this?

[@MrSimonw58]

Yes Knights of the Round Table is got f*** all to do with anything

[@timnewman7591]

There are examples of knights who had few prospects if they stayed at home riding off to survive as "adventurers" of a sort. The tournament circuit was quite profitable if you were good at jousting and/or fighting in general. Some knights - William Marshal and Ulrich von Lichtenstein are examples - made themselves famous on it. Others would ride from war to war, fighting for whichever side was able to pay them and if they were successful attracting followers also in it for the money - members of the De Hauteville family from Normandy ended up establishing themselves as rulers of southern Italy (and then Antioch after they took part in the First Crusade), after fighting for both the Lombards and the Byzantines and then starting to seize territory for themselves. Others went into piracy or banditry, which could be profitable too.

[@obsidianjane2267]

@@MrSimonw58 The Authurian mythos are architypical idealizations/romanticism of feudal military orders that arose in the mid to late medieval period and especally the Crusades to the Holy Land. The reality was often... quite less than ideal, but they are based upon a reality.

[@TheZestyCar]

Awhile ago I was reading a wikipedia article about the 'Catalan Company'. It was a group of mercenaries from the Iberian peninsula hired by the Byzantine Emperor. I think this was in the 13th Century or it was in the 14 Century. Search wikipedia for the Catalan Company. It's a fun read on wikipedia. They went to a lot of places around the Aegean Sea.

[@DoctorProph3t]

About the same as today, folks nomad all the time they just move house every year or so.

[@cmdbill]

Thanks for the videos during this time. Always good content.

[@Hubilicious90]

What are dipol magnets (meaning the "classical" image of a magnet, also called horseshoe magnet) actually used for and why are they the poster children of magnets?

[@lordgarion514]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_magnet

[@Hubilicious90]

@@lordgarion514 and why is it the poster child of magnets?

[@lordgarion514]

@@Hubilicious90 Probably because it's the strongest type and shaped perfectly for picking things up, and so when the cartoon animators first drew a magnet being used to pick things up while tied to a string, they went with that shape.

[@Hubilicious90]

@@lordgarion514 great, now you depraved me the not very likely fun of learning that from a TIFO video..

[@CyberFitzy]

Love your reporting/story telling style Simon. I'll join up as a patreon soon. 2 channels now though eh..? Onwards and upwards good sir! 😊👍

[@markanne54]

Pah, next you'll be saying Xena's not real either!

[@n.a.8050]

Noooooo!!! Xena is the warrior princess! There's no way she's not real! 😱

[@vdotme]

Don't give them ideas.

[@6InchTruth]

The AUDACITY!

[@paoloanacleowong9813]

What about Ashley graham.😻

[@leopendent3291]

Have you ever seen Floor Jansen. That's Xena's alter ego.

[@morrissantana3541]

In the australia they say that about the 2 finger salute, like the peace sign but the back of the hand showing (like in the uk) that its about the archers, not the middle digit.

[@jessicaavery1080]

I always thought the archery flipping off story was told to explain why a lot of brits do/did a backwards V to flip people off rather than the origins of the bird itself...

[@mattus1gig]

Jessica Avery is Brits do the V basically to the French. We were such good archers, if the French got hold of any British soldiers they used to chop both fingers off so they couldn’t fire anymore. So when we battled with the French again we used to do the V to say basically “hahaha we still have our fingers!”

[@caryboy2006]

Matt Jones They did not cut off the finger so they could not shoot anymore, they cut off the fingers for spite before they killed them. It was part of the torture prior to death. Dead archers don’t shoot arrows.

[@MasterMalrubius]

That was my understanding. That in the Hundred Years war (?) that archers in the English army would have their index and middle fingers cut off if they were captured. So they used the revered "V" symbol to show they were undefeated.

[@mattus1gig]

Cary boy en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign read the origins.

[@I.am.Sarah.]

@Cary Boy Actually they did not kill them. Cutting the fingers ensured that they could no longer function as archers and also that the Brits would have to use resources to care for the permanently injured archers.

[@prontopac]

As luck would have it I wrote a book about an Amazon Queen, called Amazon Nights and it does reference the Scythians. Not mentioned in your commentary is a story that mentions that the Amazon sided with Troy during the Greek and Trojan war. It is the end of one engagement during a battle where my story begins.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Nice, I didn't know Simon was covering DC comics today.

[@ndhonek]

Youre still on every video i watch.

[@jentracey6840]

Every time I watch one of his videos his hand gestures make me think he likes to spend his evening sitting and talking philosophy, with a cigar in one hand and a whisky in the other

[@calichef1962]

I think you are pretty spot on, actually. That's the Simon I got to know in his personal vlogs from four or five years ago. He's an amazing guy, and I wish I knew him IRL because I think he would be an amazing friend.

[@muznick]

There was a documentary a while back that proves they existed: "Amazon Women on the Moon".

[@paulscott1792]

The ones that live in the Avacado Jungle of Death are also important to remeber

[@matthew7062]

Thats a deep cut my dude, right up there with Kentucky Fried Movie. Love both movies but haven't meet anybody thats seen either.

[@Tugun87]

Acts 19:35 And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great GODDESS DIANA, AND OF THE IMAGE FELL DOWN FROM JUPITER? Hebrews=From Beyond/Demigods. John 5:43 I am come in my FARTHER'S NAME, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. A Rose by any other NAME is still a Rose. Yah,Yahsua,Yeshua,Yahawashi,Yahweh, Jesu,Iesu,Zeus,Jupiter,Lord Indra, Odjinn,Yag Solthoth, Wotan, Marduk, Moloch is the Same idol Spirit the BULL OF HEAVEN, God of the ROMANS/God of War(Mars/Aires), Lord of Hosts=Ba'AL of Armies/God of Demigods Exodus 7:1 So the LORD said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. Psalm 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in YOUR LAW, I said, Ye are gods? 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. 1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a STUMBLING BLOCK, and unto the Greeks FOOLISHNESS; 1 Corinthians 8:1-2 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, HE KNOWETH NOTHING YET AS HE OUGHT KNOW. Jeremiah 51:20 Thou art my BATTLE AXE and WEAPONS OF WAR: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to JEWISH FABLES, and COMMANDMENTS OF MEN, that turn from the TRUTH. Exodus 15:3 The LORD is a MAN OF WAR: the LORD=(Ba'AL) is his name. Revelation 6:4 And there went out another horse that was RED: and power was given to him that sat thereon TO TAKE PEACE from the earth, and that they SHOULD KILL ONE ANOTHER: and there was given unto him A GREAT SWORD. Matthew 10:34-36 THINK NOT that I am come to send peace on earth: I COME NOT TO SEND PEACE , BUT A SWORD. For I have come to ‘set a man AGAINST his father, a daughter AGAINST her mother, and a daughter-in-law AGAINST her mother-in-law’; And a man's FOES shall be they of HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD. Daniel 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a STRANGE GOD, whom he shall acknowledge and INCREASE WITH GLORY: and he shall cause them to RULE OVER MANY, and shall divide the land for gain. 2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF. And through covetousness SHALL THEY WITH FEIGNED WORDS MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

[@ericstoverink6579]

He's not talking about those amazons, but the amazons on Earth! Gosh!

[@Tugun87]

@@ericstoverink6579 Best you read every word. It's all word vomit and if you don't know the "code" then you don't know shit. Jeremiah 5:5 Lo, I will bring A NATION UPON YOU FROM FAR, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ANCIENT NATION, A NATION WHOSE LANGUAGE thou knowest not, NEITHER UNDERSTANDEST what they SAY. Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in PARABLES: because they seeing SEE NOT; and hearing they HEAR NOT, NEITHER DO THEY UNDERSTAND. Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I WILL SPUE THEE OUT MY MOUTH. Isaiah 28:8 For ALL TABLES ARE FULL OF VOMIT AND FILTHINESS, so that there is NO PLACE CLEAN. Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are WEANED FROM THE MILK, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT; line upon line, LINE UPON LINE; HERE A LITTLE, AND THERE A LITTLE : For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Ezeki'EL 4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee COW'S DUNG(Bullshit) for MAN'S DUNG, and thou shalt prepare THY BREAD therewith. Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live BY BREAD ALONE , but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven OF BREAD, but of the DOCTRINE of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly IN VAIN made he it; the PEN OF THE SCRIBES IS IN VAIN. 1 Corinthians 3:2 I have FED YOU WITH MILK , AND NOT WITH MEAT: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. Psalm 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an ALIEN unto my mother's children. Job 19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an ALIEN in their sight. Matthew15:8-9 This PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGN unto me with THEIR MOUTH, and honoureth me with THEIR LIPS; but their heart is far from me. But IN VAIN THEY DO WORSHIP ME, teaching for DOCTRINES the COMMANDMENTS OF MEN. Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to JEWISH FABLES, and COMMANDMENTS OF MEN, that turn from theTRUTH. Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are BY THE LAW purged with BLOOD; and without shedding of BLOOD is no remission. John 10:34 JESUS ANSWERED them, Is it not written in YOUR LAW, I said, Ye are gods? Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness OF THE SCRIBES and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mark 7:7 Howbeit IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, teaching for DOCTRINES the COMMANDMENT OF MEN. Deuteronomy 32:21 They have MOVED ME TO JEALOUSY with that which is NOT GOD; they have provoked me to ANGER WITH THEIR VANITIES: and I will move them to jealousy with those which ARE NOT A PEOPLE; I WILL PROVOKE THEM TO ANGER WITH A FOOLISH NATION. Romans 2:24-25 FOR THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, THY CIRCUMCISION IS MADE UNCIRCUMCISION. Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is CONFOUNDED BY THE GRAVEN IMAGE: for his molten image IS FALSEHOOD, AND THERE IS NO BREATH IN THEM. Psalm 78: 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending EVIL ANG'ELS AMONG THEM. Matthew 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which COMETH OUT THE MOUTH, this defileth a man. MARK 7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: BUT THE THING WHICH COME OUT OF HIM, those are they that defile the man. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. 2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more SURE WORD of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye TAKE HEED, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, AND THE DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS: 2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF. Luke 4:8 And JESUS ANSWERED and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD THY GOD, and HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE. Jeremiah Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and SEE THAT IT IS AN EVIL THING AND BITTER, that thou hast forsaken the LORD THY GOD, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Revelation 22:16 I JESUS have sent MINE ANG'EL to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and MORNING STAR(Lucifer). Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING! HOW art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Psalm 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against THY PEOPLE, and consulted against thy HIDDEN ONES. Matthew 21:24 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, THE STONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED, the same is become the HEAD OF THE CORNER: this is theLORD'S DOING, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Jeremiah 3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The BACKSLIDING ISRAEL hath justified HERSELF more than TREACHEROUS JUDAH. Isaiah 8:8 And AND HE SHALL PASS THROUGH JUDAH; he shall overflow and go over, HE SHALL REACH EVEN TO THE NECK; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O EMMANU'EL. Jeremiah 8:5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by A PERPETUAL BACKSLIDING? They hold fast DECEIT, they REFUSE TO RETURN. Matthew 10:34-36 THINK NOT that I am come to send peace on earth: I COME NOT TO SEND PEACE , BUT A SWORD. For I have come to ‘set a man AGAINST his father, a daughter AGAINST her mother, and a daughter-in-law AGAINST her mother-in-law’; And a man's FOES shall be they of his own household. Romans 8:10-11 AND IF CHRIST BE IN YOU, the body is DEAD because of SIN; but the Spirit is LIFE because of righteousness. BUT IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM THAT RAISED UP JESUS from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies BY HIS SPIRIT THAT DWELLETH IN YOU. Galatians 5:2-3 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, CHRIST SHALL PROFIT YOU NOTHING. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a DEBTOR TO DO THE WHOLE LAW. Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, WOE IS ME! for I am undone; because I am a man of UNCLEAN LIPS, and I dwell in the midst of a people of UNCLEAN LIPS: for mine eyes have seen THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS. Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against FLESH AND BLOOD, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness IN HIGH PLACES. 2 Peter 2:7- And delivered just Lot, VEXED WITH THE FILIHY CONVERSATION OF THE WICKED: (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from DAY TO DAY by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: BEFORE ME THERE WAS NO GOD FORMED, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE AFTER ME. Deuteronomy 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightiest know that the LORD he is God; THERE IS NONE ELSE BESIDE HIM. Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD THAT MAKETH ALL THINGS; that stretcheth forth the heavens ALONE; that spreadeth abroad the earth BY MYSELF; Isaiah 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, THERE IS NO GOD BESIDE ME: I girded thee, though thou hast NOT KNOWN ME: Psalm 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens SHALL LAUGH: the Lord shall have them IN DERISION. Isaiah 45:7 I form the LIGHT, and create DARKNESS: I make PEACE, and create EVIL: I THE LORD DO ALL THESE THINGS. Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, AND THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME: I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND AND I HEAL: NEITHER IS THERE ANY THAT CAN DELIVER OUT MY HAND. Proverbs 1:22-26 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, AND FOOLS HATES KNOWLEDGE? Turn you at MY REPROOF: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known MY WORDS unto you. Because I have called, AND YE REFUSED; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all MY COUNSEL, and would none of MY REPROOF: I also will LAUGH at your calamity; I will MOCK when YOUR FEAR COMETH; Isaiah 5:20 WOE to those who call EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. Hosea 10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have EATEN THE FRUIT OF LIES: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. 1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach CHRIST CRUCIFIED, unto the Jews a STUMBLING BLOCK, and unto the Greeks FOOLISHNESS; Galatians 3:1 O FOOLISH GALATIANS WHO HATH BEWITCHED YOU, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever A MAN SOWETH, that shall he also REAP.

[@ironrangerw6r1]

Not sure if you've already done it. But can you make a video on the astounding knowledge of the Ancient Sumarians 😊 love the videos man. I'm a big fan for sure. I love to nerd out on history. Thanks for all of your work

[@mattfritz1]

There's actually a great book about this, called Searching for the Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World. According to the author, Scythian women were allowed to hunt and go to battle if they were skilled enough (in contrast, all able bodied Scythian men were required to fight). However, women were limited to the use of medium range bows and wore skirts, whereas Scythian men wore pants and also allowed to use swords. Apparently archeologists can tell whether they've dug up the grave of a Scythian warrior woman or man based on whether there was a sword or pants. Women were also forced to stop hunting or fighting after marrying or giving birth. I'm surprised you didn't include the story of the Scythian Queen who, according to one Greek (and probably unreliable) source, beheaded Persian Emperor Cyrus the Great. Most books on warrior women seem to include this (although they often forget to mention there were about 20 different recorded deaths for Cyrus. Apparently he died during multiple different battles in different countries, or asleep in bed, depending on the source.)

[@chrystals.4376]

Matt Fritz Thanks, Ill have to check out that book once libraries are open again around here.

[@mattfritz1]

Christine Schwarz It’s an excellent read and not only goes into detail about how the Amazon legend probably developed from the Scythians, but also the mechanics and necessary skills for successfully launching arrows from horseback (for instance, you have to hold the arrows in your free hand rather than a quiver if want to shoot rapidly enough). It also highlights instructors who offer lessons today.

[@nonya6012]

Had to subscribe. I like learning about most topics you discuss. 👌🍻

[@honeybadger7002]

It was giving the two fingers (middle and index), I was always "told" was something to do with long bowmen :/ so the tale goes.... one army was cutting the fingers off the archers of the other army, if they caught them! So after every loose, the archers would hold up to fingers as an insult.... or something like that!! But fact's , opinions and old people yarns and tall tales can sound very similar at times :) lol :)

[@S-uuuu]

Yeah, I have never heard that story about the middle finger. Always the two fingers. I have never thought of them as the same gesture. One finger is kinda contemptuous, while two fingers is more of a mocking gesture. We use both in Ireland but in different contexts

[@noahharmon1137]

I had heard that the British version of “the bird”(middle and fore finger held up in a reverse peace sign), was know as bowfingers and arose from the French cutting off English longbowmen’s bow fingers. Could it be that the history of the two synonymous gestures got muddled together?

[@macdaiddavidson8051]

Too bad equality didn’t continue after the Amazons. As for the Great Courses I bought 6 different ones and all of them are great! I have learned quite a lot from the ones I’ve worked on so far.

[@rubixcube7234]

bruh if they even existed they were hating men they were killing little boys hhhh

[@araunapalm]

Tomyris was an ancient ruler of the Massagetae, a Scythian pastoral-nomadic confederation in Central Asia. She became famous for her bravery and especially for the greatest battle she ever fought - the day when Cyrus the Great died. Tomyris’ kingdom was located in the area to the east of the Caspian Sea, in parts of modern-day Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, western Uzbekistan, and southern Kazakhstan. Most people remember Tomyris for her role in the defense against an attack by Cyrus the Great of the Achamenind Empire (600/ 576 - 530 BC). In 530 BC, she may have killed one of the most famous Persians in history. ......... (this is an excerpt from Ancient origins - Natalia Klimzcak)

[@maxmichaelhatling]

Simon I'm probably ten years funnier (older) than you but I look forward to you making me grin chuckle smile laugh and think everyday thru all you channels. Viva the KZbin Algorithm for keeping you showing up on my phone. 😍😁👍

[@calichef1962]

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[@maxmichaelhatling]

Hey bearded baldy...like your new "mega" now too. Keep going dude

[@glumpy6079]

7.52 wow what a smooth link.

[@DoctorProph3t]

That’s the best finger-in-the-nose story I’ve ever heard.

[@chrisadye1590]

I think the archery thing referred to the UK practice of sticking up first and second fingers in a V sign, which means the same as extending the middle finger does in other cultures. Apparently these two fingers were used to draw back the bowstring while supporting the arrow. Don't know if this has any more validity than the same story about the middle finger

[@DonalDocRavioli]

I thought it was interesting that these burial grounds the women had red hair, such as in Mongolia.

[@laptemstuknutyiRysskii]

The people like you want to keep the myth that the Scythians were Europeans therefore you were disoppointed by knowing about the red-hair girl from Mongolia. However, she is a Kazakh girl of 9 years old who lives in Mongolia. It is high time to return the great ancestors to the Kazakh people back because it is stupid to missapropriate those who dont belong to you neither by gene nor by culture!

[@DonalDocRavioli]

@@laptemstuknutyiRysskii All I really know is that they were warrior women buried with their swords and spears and that hundreds of these graves have been unearthed. They were tall and fine-featured and NOT from Mars. I am not disappointed, in fact, the tombs or graves I'm talking about were of full-grown female warriors and not 9yr old kids. Maybe you should do your homework instead of being so dogmatic and don't condemn everyone not of your people as beneath you. and stop smoking that strong funny-smelling tobacco.

[@snazzyquizzes2336]

Interesting vid. I enjoyed learning about this!

[@beautifullyaltard1306]

The Amazons were inspired by the heavily documented and academically studied all female warriors that struck fear in the hearts of European men seeking to conquer their tribe and lands. I only watched this because I wanted to see how awesome you made the info because I usually enjoy your work. It’s not even considered to be a debated fact anymore per historians how the amazon legend originated.

[@abusawdan9986]

so you think you could fight a man and win?

[@seasirena2787]

If there is one thing i have learned in my time is that, many moons ago if a story was told to pass on information, it was fact, in modern times much reward is given to lies sold as gossip. What are we teaching ourselves and our children ? defies belief to me, sometimes. Nothing more to say..Thank you. 🐚

[@tariqchaudhry8021]

The Scythian word for their own warriors was "Hamazan" - from which Amazon is derived.

[@ryansmith8345]

Yes indeed

[@ryansmith8345]

For anyone who likes to know : Amazons indeed were of an Iranian race (the Scythian subgroup & then the Samaritan subgroup after the Scythians started to vanish) but the word *Amazon* itself doesn't refer to a race at all !!!! Funny isn't it ? My whole childhood was a lie !!! loool *Amazon* is the ancient Greek pronunciation of *Hamazon* which is an ancient Iranian word meaning *warrior* (just like how we call *India* today which is *Hindu* in Persian & hindi itself, the *H* gets dropped) Iranians & especially the Persians were known to give extremely high amount of values to their women & therefore their Hamazon ranks also included many many warrior women !!!! The Greeks however especially the Athenians & Spartans were known to be quite the opposite, Athenians even resented & hated women in armor & therefore while warrior women were a norm for the Iranians, for the Greeks they were more like a myth & legend & they always depicted them in a way that eventually a Male greek demigod would defeat them !

[@Werrf1]

On the subject of digital gestures, the version I always heard was related to the two-finger salute, considered an insult in the British Commonwealth countries but not in the US.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Werrf1 Yes- I’m Australian, & here it means, ‘Up yours!’

[@anieanton7266]

“did amazon women really exist?” “wait.. they did?” welp, I guess I don’t need to watch the video :P

[@geoffmcclelland2663]

but they didnt as pointed out in the video

[@geoffmcclelland2663]

@Ben Louis by that logic Norse gods existed as well, or else where did the idea of Thor come from.

[@tiffprendergast]

Ben Louis it’s not a whip

[@geoffmcclelland2663]

@Robert tribes where women fight arnt amazons only female tribe would be, and as far as im aware there is little to no evidence of this

[@elficklin]

I think there was a PBS program which showed that the Amazon women did eist. They showed that wall hangings from ancient Amazon tents matched, or were very similar to the hangings found in the tents of families living in Mongolia. They also met a young Mongolian girl with blonde hair. DNA/mitochonrial testing for her and her mother, and from the bones of some of the female warrior skeletons matched enough to prove the young girl and her mom were descendants of the Amazons...

[@jaeger1123]

Wasn't the archer flipping off thing showing the peace sign the other way around to show you still have your drawing fingers?

[@ohmsUK]

nice content it was really entertaining :p Glad you got your channel back :)

[@artmieseelizabeth8074]

OhmsG they lost the channel?

[@ohmsUK]

@@artmieseelizabeth8074 Yeah they got hacked last night by some bitcoin scammers

[@00pses]

@@ohmsUK actually that was a couple days ago and that was on top tenz. which has been taken down. they still dont have it back

[@dondunco2538]

This is something I've been wondering about for a while: after the Great Depression gem merchants having felt the bite particularly hard, marketed giving a diamond engagement ring as proof of eternal love. What, if anything, was exchanged to signify an engagement before that and where did the practice originate? Thank you for clearing this up for me. Don D

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

12:04 did anybody else see what Simon did there?

[@plants_before_people5329]

Yeah who is he to just flip us of like that?

[@antiisocial]

Low-key af. Lol

[@derheadbanger9039]

I've seen a documentary once about this topic years ago. At the end they found a mongolian tribe - among them was a girl with long blonde hair! (like in old descriptons)

[@laptemstuknutyiRysskii]

No, the girl was Kazakh who lives in Mongolia. At the ancient centure, Mongolia was populated ty the Kazakh ancestors untill the modern Mongolians' ancestors - Halkas invaged it!

[@AvangionQ]

Ancient Greeks seemed to love their myths stemming from a combination of incomplete knowledge and prejudice ... and since they didn't care to try to speak the language ... BAR BAR BAR

[@dustyrhodes2668]

I believe that the stories of centaurs are likely derived from the very earliest tales of people who first encountered the Scythians. Having never seen a horseman (or horsewoman) it would be easy to interpret the human and animal as a single individual creature. Also, I like to call the middle finger of my left hand my "driving finger"

[@ROAMitRALPH]

Dwight Schrute taught me that Amazons are the "Jersey State Varsity Basketball Team. North-east regional Champs!"

[@richardalan117]

The bonus fact reference about the showing of the fingers to shoot a bow is from the two fingers gesture. Reportedly the French offered a bounty on the fingers of longbowmen.

[@theenzoferrari458]

I love wonder woman and gal gadot. 😍😍😍😘

[@alanbarnett718]

That story about Demosthenes and Diogenes reminded me of Terry Pratchett's version of Diogenes - the Ephebian philosopher Didactylos (which means "two-fingered"!)

[@Laudon1228]

One third of _whom_.., not “which”. Steppes, not steps.

[@corrinking96]

Hey Simon, love your videos, but i was wondering, could you do one on how water evaporates from puddles or even large bodies of water even though its not hot enough outside to bring the water to a boil?

[@3fingerfarm73]

All right Simon my lad. I'm a former U.S. Marine, ride horses, hunt, have tattoos, over 5'9". Basically a Amazon? Awe, I'm blushing.

[@thedudegrowsfood284]

ye sound like a lass with class!

[@misterbrady100]

Aww. I love that story about the archers being the originators of the 'flip off'.

[@rohnkd4hct260]

I have always believed that the "Amazons" did exist. I agree they were more than likely the nomacic people. Other hunter/ gather societies divide work equal among males and females. Lets remember the Spartan Women were very able to defend their home and families when the men were gone. So the idea of "warrior women" is not far fetched. The removal of a breast........ I can see that being a punishment rather than a choice.

[@atkelar]

I was under the impression, that the "victory" sign was that archer-still-has-his-fingers gesture? At least several documentaries have mentioned so...

[@danielt6928]

The english put two fingers up to show they could still shoot a long bow at whoever was attacking at the time. If captured the two fingers were cut off as a warning rendering the archer useless . (prisoner's had to be fed so were not kept)

[@frankrandall8875]

Yeah, that's a myth too.

[@nlwilson4892]

@@frankrandall8875 What is your evidence that it is a myth? Where does the gesture come from?

[@danielt6928]

@@frankrandall8875 you can tell that to the people who made the tapestry.

[@tahresi]

amazons are part of turks history. they lived in samsun of turkish city. their queen's name was Tomris Hatun. There are great monuments in Samsun for them. for more info you must search. sorry for my english.

[@wankawanka3053]

Nope turks have nothing to do

[@tomtinkersrezlife278]

So glad that this channel wasn't hacked still pissed that someone hacked toptenz

[@aellipsis]

I knew about the Greek connection to the middle finger, but what about the two finger salute? That’s the one that I had heard may have come from archers.

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

12:04 i saw what you did there!

[@antiisocial]

That fu was low-key af. Lol

[@SpiralCee]

omg nice catch!

[@thewriteinpresident]

Commander…, how many people will die FREE MASON………, or not??? You have to ask such a [Question] / * \ when the Stadiums are going to be used to “pile up” [{**}] dead bodies as these 5G Microwave DEPOPULATION {Radiation Towers} +=+ surround us at our every move??? You do know that when you put water in a “Microwave Oven” it can boil that water.?.?.?, and since these are nothing more the Gigantic Colossus “Titanic” MICROWAVE TOWERS called 5G for their New World Order Survival of the Fittest “Eugenics” [{*}] of the United Nations INTERNATIONAL MAFIA of these “freemson lodges” in our home towns, I see at least 95% total human “decimation” for PROJECT BLUE BEAM…….., and their “Great Day” from the COLONY TV Show on “Netflix” in Season one… Why are TRUCKS……., and “18 Wheelers” still in Perpetration when all else is shut down??? They have to get rid of “all product” before EASTER…..., so there is “no more food” to feed anyone from India to Japan from Germany to Iran from New York` to Whuhan where these 5G WEAPONS were Tested “and proved” ULTIMATELY LETHAL just as this same technology was used in The Great Nuclear Hydrogen War of 1853 T.L. to 1854 T.L. and so even “as we” cut wires….., there is not enough doing so….., and why is this??? Think about the WALMARTS where “they count you” as you come and go..., and what is the real purpose of that??? The POPULATIONS have already been Decimated.., and so now they need “Proper Counts” as the U.N. Troops will be sent to OUT NUMBER YOUR when they have all the COUNTS from these MAIN WALMART STORES that “most communities” will be forced to enter to get supplies., and this was “all worked out” in 1961 T.L. when JADE HELM 15 the Artificial Intelligence Computer Program “made all believe” in FAKE SPACE as any whom knew we lived inside a Celestial Sphere FLAT EARTH “had to be” put in them RED FLAG LAWS of 1893 T.L. where ALL THE GROWN UPS were murdered, and Only Child Labor and INCUBATOR BABIES Remained just as all we “16 and older” are to be put too death if we think we can hide THE EARTH IS FLAT and that all Nations “are run by” Demoniacally Possessed Entities called Incubus and Succubus, and they have the WEATHER WEAPONS to use as we see on The Impossible Channel, and even Truth Stream Media showed there was a [WORLD GOVERNMENT] long before the League of Nations and today's PRODUCTION of all the World “is a Stage” known as These U.N. FLAGS!!! Theretofore, we whom are “of and for” OUR WORLD REPUBLIC CONSTITUTION Coalition are all that remain of non “Demoniacally Possessed” HUMAN BEINGS!!! Look at the Tech, drive and look at the TREES as these plants try in vanity to Avoid the POWER LINES that have something “very evil” and deadly in it, and look at all the GROUNDING WIRES for massive {Power Surges} too Cause BLACK OUTS as these 5G TOWERS Stay on and “kill all life” as your TV PEOPLE are all in Under World Cities and D.U.M.B.S. ready to “live on” as we The nonmason and even “foolish” Free Mason HUMANS all die…. You need to be more thoughtful “of the Insanity” and Lunacy we all face, and PREPARE your Soul, your Spirits, and your PERSON “to do” what must be done, so your Communities go on for a FAMILY Alone is still a Family “that will die out” without Marriages…. The Commander~ [///|||\\\]

[@BlakeTheDrake]

If memory serves (which is hardly a given), that bit about the middle finger being based on archery is simply a confusion/conflation with a DIFFERENT gesture - one that shows off both the index-finger and the middle-finger, like a backwards 'V for victory', and which remains in use, if a touch archaic, in the UK. That one, I believe, was originally spawned by... SOMEONE'S habit of cutting those two fingers off captured archers in order to prevent them from ever drawing a bow again. Don't remember who. I THINK it was something the english used to do to welsh longbowmen?

[@Pocketfarmer1]

When the English “ flip someone off” ,they use two fingers. That gesture ,legend holds came from the English archers besting the French crossbow men at the battle of Agincourt of 1415.

[@Carewolf]

No, it just represents the vaginia.

[@nlwilson4892]

Yes, I concur. I think people have got that story confused with the gesture commonly used in the US. I was told that the French had said that if they captured English archers they would cut off their draw fingers. Hence when the English won they waved their two fingers at the captured French to rub it in that they had them. I was told this by a teacher who demonstrated the gesture, much to the shock of the class opposite who could see him apparently gesturing to them to F off through the window having not been able to hear the story.

[@TheRealKaiProton]

Never heard that Flipping someone off was from the finger thing in bowmen, but Ive heard countless times it was a uniquely British thing for the V sign, for cutting the fingers from french bowmen(sorry my history sucks, I cannot remember the war it s meant to be from).

[@patraic5241]

Most Myths have some basis is real life. Why would the legend of the Amazons be any different?

[@MosukaDreamer]

Casting Magic Missile with your middle finger while playing DND is the best thing ever.

[@douglasmacquarrie5002]

I'm just glad he didn't walk off the screen for 5 minutes lol

[@joeltrefethren8134]

I watched a documentary looking for the modern day ancestors of the Amazons. They found them. some of the horse riding archers of the Mongolian mountain tribes had some hints of blonde hair. Their art work was still sewn into their clothes exactly in the same patterns that had been done over a thousand years ago. The women are still master archers and put on a demonstration to prove it.

[@itarry4]

Seeing as you've been the channel giving information on TopTenz what's going on. Seem to have totally disappeared. Hope you're not going to have to rebuild the entire thing but some information on what's going on would be appreciated.

[@DemendraHD]

Channel would've been hijacked and sold. Would be difficult to recover at the moment as KZbin are low on staff due to the pandemic. Lucky they've got a number of other popular channels they can source their income from.

[@pdloder]

It's the two finger salute (used as a threatening gesture) that was related to archers having their string pulling fingers cut off, that I'm familiar with; largely between the English and the French, around the time of the hundred years war I believe.

[@scotte2815]

"... not knowing how to sail they ended up running the boat aground...."

[@bdonovable]

In addition to the origin of Amazon legend, and the middle finger, @ 4:08 we get the origin of the trope that women cannot drive.

[@kamron_thurmond]

Women drivers.

[@oak4901]

In Libya, in the 1950's, I was within 50 miles of an alleged Amazonian village continuously occupied for hundreds of years, but not with Amazons at the time....Along with the folklore of the Tuaregs was also folklore of the Amazons locally.

[@mogshade66]

That's very interesting. Could you tell us a bit more about it? 👍

[@wilko4085]

It was the two fingers up. Not the one finger that was stated as being represented by archers.

[@interwebtubes]

Simon forgot to mention Wonder Woman , She was an Amazon, And she fought off the German nazis during world war2 ,

[@uzefulvideos3440]

historic fact.

[@theenzoferrari458]

WW1 in film.

[@interwebtubes]

justinl458 interesting stuffs, I’ll definitely go looking around for it , You see, it was a little bit before my time, But interesting nonetheless, Peace out buddy ✌🏿

[@jeffhoag3956]

Concerning flipping the middle finger, I have seen (in Britain) that the first two fingers were held up. I think this is where the archery myth comes into play as well. There was a famous news reporter here in Detroit that got involved in a scandal. When he was being photographed leaving a building, he made the two-fingered gesture (with the “backs” of the fingers toward the audience). Reporters commented that he “gave them the peace sign.” No, he was flipping them off in a sophisticated way. The peace sign has the inner part of the fingers facing out. The myth continues...

[@GingerGigantus]

We are so pampered nowadays.

[@cmdrstargazer3541]

Every man who came home drunk after midnight knows Amazons exists

[@conitorres9774]

😂