In California, a Black warrior queen rides a griffin at the head of an all-female army. In Sparta, girls get ready to race one another around a dirt track lined with columns. In ancient Peru, a huntress takes a shot at a galloping deer. Throughout human history, women have fought. They’ve led armies. They’ve taken down big game. They’ve trained to cut down prey on the hunt and enemies on the battlefield. Both archaeology and history are telling increasingly complex stories around gender roles, upending decades-old beliefs that men hunted…
