The Death of Cyrus the Great

In this video we talk about the death of Cyrus at the hands of Queen Tomyris' Army and what happened with the body, as told by Herodotus in the Histories. Social media: Follow me on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3dwnvdS Follow me on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3i2NPjc Join the SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AthenaProductions/ Artist Credits: ILLUSTRATION BY BETTMANN, GETTY http://hunnobulgars.blogspot.com/2017/04/issedones.html Thomyris faisant plonger la tête de Cyrus dans un vase de sang https://www.facebook.com/Art.of.Armenia/photos/araks-arax-aras-river-highlighted-on-a-map-of-the-kura-river-watershed-in-histor/464655720294692/ https://www.pinterest.es/pin/361062095127936035/ Tomyris, a legendary female ruler who reigned over the Massagetae, a Scythian nomadic confederation of Central Asia in 570-520 BC. / Pinterest http://www.artnet.com/artists/michiel-coxie-the-elder/queen-tomyris-with-the-head-of-cyrus-TvSqwOqp4bWWpZp2xl6e0w2