Costume of an ancient Amazon female warrior. She wears a crested helmet, animal skin coat revealing one breast, belted skirt, boots, armed with spear, bow, quiver of arrows, and shield. Ancienne Amazone. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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