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Sunday, January 25, 2009


2008 Science Guest of Honor



warrior women coverOur 2008 Science Guest of Honor was archaeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball, who discovered the real-life Amazon warriors. Her research is fascinating, and we were very excited to have her as our guest.

Dr. Davis-Kimball works at the Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads. Along with Mona Behan, she authored Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines and edited Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age.

PBS DVDWarrior Women is about female warriors and priestesses of the Iron Age from Ireland to China. As a result of her research, Dr. Davis-Kimball has been featured in on the PBS show Secrets of the Dead and NOVA's "Mysterious Mummies of China" episode.

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