Comments on: Mighty Women: 10 Female Figures That Made Their Own Imprint in the History Books

By: BC Doan

BC Doan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:41:12 +0000

I love this article, and learning so much from it…

By: Mysticmaster49

Mysticmaster49 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:06:12 +0000

What happened to Cleopatra? I think she should be at the top of the list before Hatshepsut.

By: RYAN

RYAN — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:33:58 +0000

WU ZETIAN IS A BLOODY WOMAN

By: eddiego65

eddiego65 — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:23:37 +0000

In fact, Zenobia made a lot of claims about her descent, including being a descendant of Dido, the queen of Carthage, and Semiramis, the legendary Assyrian queen. I guess her true ancestry will always be in doubt.

Regarding her portrait, it's sites identified the bust as hers include women'shistory.about.com and the prestigious britannica online.

By: judith weingarten

judith weingarten — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:47:42 +0000

Re: the portrait bust of ‘Zenobia’. I don’t know who this lady is but (despite the claims on the Internet) she is emphatically not Queen Zenobia of Palmyra. There are no existing portraits of the queen except for those on coins — which are, alas, tiny and thus tell us little about her true appearance; alas.

I’m afraid, too, that Zenobia did not claim to be descend from Cleopatra & Marc Antony but from Cleopatra Thea & Antiochus VII of Syria.

For more on the real Zenobia, see my blog Zenobia: Empress of the East at http://judithweingarten.blogspot.com