History Explained

12 Ancient Ruling Queens

Kubaba
(~2500 BC)
Queen of Kish

Sobekneferu
(? - 1802 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Hatshepsut
(1507 - 1458 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Nefertiti
(1370 - 1330 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Tawosret
(1220 - 1189 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Tomyris
(570 - 520 BC)
Queen of the Massagetae

Artemisia
(520 - 460 BC)
Queen of Halicarnassus

Cleopatra Thea
(164 - 121 BC)
Queen of the Seleucid Empire

Cleopatra
(69 - 31 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Cartimandua
(43 - 69 BC)
Queen of the Brigantes

Boudicca
(30 - 61 AD)
Queen of the Iceni

Zenobia
(240 AD - ?)
Queen of the Palmyrene Empire

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