Sometimes, while reading history, one comes across a fact one never expected to see. Would anyone expect an ancient Indian Emperor to have a Greek wife? Well, he did.
Helena Maurya: The Greek Wife of India’s Emperor

Sometimes, while reading history, one comes across a fact one never expected to see. Would anyone expect an ancient Indian Emperor to have a Greek wife? Well, he did.
Queen Musa of Parthia's origins are surprising for a great ancient queen, but perhaps those very origins are why we never hear of her.
Iset, also known as Aset or Isis, was just another Egyptian princess. Like many of her sisters, she went on to become the wife of her father, Amenhotep III.
Queen Cleopatra VII is quite famous for being the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Her daughter, the Queen of Mauretania, was even more amazing than she was.
More than two thousand years ago, a lady killed a bunch of people and attempted to rule Egypt on her own. That obviously didn’t end well, as we’ll see.