Have you heard of Puduhepa and Sammu-Ramat? If not, you should know that they were two of the most powerful queens in the Ancient Near East. Although they lived centuries apart and belonged to two entirely different civilisations, both of these remarkable women wielded immense power and successfully navigated male-dominated royal hierarchies. In my essay for Historians Magazine, titled "Myths and Monarchs: The Divergent Legacies of Puduhepa and Sammu-Ramat", I compare and contrast their...
