Amazons: Myth? Fact? Both??

Was there really an ancient society of brutal female warriors? Or was it all a scary-sexy invention of the Greek imagination, much like our modern obsession with vampires? Like a lot of history, the truth may be somewhere in between... and the modern postscript to the Amazon story is pretty intriguing! 

Further Reading:

• Amazons (The New International Encyclopedia)
• Amazon Warrior Women (Secrets of the Dead - documentary)
• The Amazon Women: Is There Any Truth Behind the Myth? (Smithsonian Magazine)