Persian princess Amastris was the last royal of the Achaemenid dynasty and the first true Hellenistic queen due to her ability to turn her political authority into an independent form of queenship, not in her marriage to powerful men.
Amastris...
Archaeologists in the ancient Hellenistic city of Amastris (Greek: Ἄμαστρις) have uncovered a rare carving of Medusa with a soft, almost childlike smile. The city, located in modern-day Amasra in Turkey's Bartın province, has produced notable finds in recent...
