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Amazon warrior women /

Explores theories supporting the Greek myth of the Amazons based on archeological discoveries near the Russian town of Pokrovka which include 2,500-year-old remains of women who had been buried with weaponry.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Story House Productions, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), National Geographic Channels International, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Davis-Kimball, Jeannine, I︠A︡blonskiĭ, L. T. (Leonid Teodorovich), Schreiber, Liev, Afflerbach, Jens, Oblaender, Carsten, Zorn, Stephen, Boehmert, Antje, Gutzeit, Andreas, Hoppe, Beth, Halbe, Felix, Jebsen, Lars, Morrison, Sam
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2004]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Women, Prehistoric > Russia (Federation) > Pokrovka Region (Orenburgskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
Women, Prehistoric > Eurasia > History.
Women > History > To 500.
Women heroes > Russia (Federation) > Pokrovka Region (Orenburgskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) > History.
Women heroes > Eurasia > History.
Pokrovka Region (Orenburgskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) > Antiquities.
Women and war > Russia (Federation) > Pokrovka Region (Orenburgskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) > History.
Women and war > Eurasia > History.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Russia (Federation) > Pokrovka Region (Orenburgskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
Human remains (Archaeology) > Eurasia.
Amazons.
Antiquities.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Women.
Women and war.
Women heroes.
Women, Prehistoric.
Eurasia.
Russia (Federation) > Pokrovka Region (Orenburgskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
To 500
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Description
Summary:Explores theories supporting the Greek myth of the Amazons based on archeological discoveries near the Russian town of Pokrovka which include 2,500-year-old remains of women who had been buried with weaponry.
Item Description:Originally produced as an episode of the television series: Secrets of the dead.
"Not rated"--Disc label.
"SEDE645"--Disc label.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Editor, Sam Morrison ; original music, Felix Halbe, Lars Jebsen.
ISBN:0793699630
9780793699636