Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae, soaking the head of Cyrus in a blood vessel 1766 Jean Simon Berthelemy 1743-1811 France

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Tomyris also called Thomyris, Tomris, Tomiride, or Queen Tomiri, ancient Eastern Iranian queen who reigned over the Massagetae, a Scythian pastoral-nomadic confederation of Central Asia east of the Caspian Sea, in parts of modern-day Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, western Uzbekistan, and southern

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