Queen of the World - 1

By Christopher Zoukis Image courtesy vhinkle.com

She was a very practical woman, in everything, including death. Sixteen years before she died, she gave a speech in which she said, “It is impossible for someone who has seen the light of this world not to die.” She was thirty-four years old. And she spoke the words just after mercilessly ordering the slaughter of 30,000 rebels in the city’s sports stadium.

The great chest of her sarcophagus is made of rosy alabaster marble, which is highly pri...