Searching around in the Creative Commons site I drilled down to this picture of "Carla" and her auto-pistol. Not exactly a mythology reference, but legal photos of Wonder Woman and Xena were in short supply.

It just goes to show you how hard it is to find affiliate-link-free sites, and how marginally appropriate they can be.

Secrets of the Dead is an odd program produced by WNET. Odd because sometimes it's really good, other times not so much. I suppose different people produce different programs ...

They did manage a pretty interesting show on Amazon Warrior Women, in which archaeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball unearths a 2300-year-old "priestess warrior" kurgan (burial mound) which seems to indicate that the mythical Amazons may have been real, or at least based on a real culture.

If the force is with you, you may be able to Watch a Video Clip

Here's a public-domain painting of the Shieldmaiden Hevor by Peter Nicolai Arbo

Brave Women Warriors of Greek Myth -
Actually on-topic, but a front for a Xena fan-site

Amazon (infoplease) -
After you reject a dozen cookies, you'll get a hundred ads and a brief, superficial "encyclopedia" article on Amazons.

Amazons : Warrior Women or Ancient Myth? -

An amalgamation of historical and mythological assertions, a little hard to keep straight, but interesting.

Amazons Links and Bibliography -
I keep clicking on the underlined titles, but nothing happens.