Queen Amanitore is the daughter of Kandake Amanishakheto and granddaughter of Kandake Amanirenas. The quantity of buildings that were completed during the middle part of the first century indicates that she led a prosperous time in Meroitic history. More than two hundred pyramids were built, most plundered in ancient times. Reservoirs for the retention of water were also constructed at Meroë during her reign.
Lozen was a skilled warrior, shaman of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache born around 1840. She excelled in horseback riding, shooting, roping, and horse thievery. She along with Dahteste, Geronimo, and the rest of the Apache natives surrendered to American troops and were train bound to Fort Pickens in Florida. She's said to be buried in Alabama in an unmarked grave.
Berber Queen Dihya fought against Islamic expansion under the leadership of Hasan ibn al Nu'man whose Umayyad armies campaigned across North Africa (c. 7 A.D). Under her leadership, the Arab army was defeated and holed up in Cyrenaica (Libya) for four or five years. The Arabs invaded again, and this time, the Berber army was unable to defend themselves.
Details about the life of Kandake Amanishakheto have fallen into obscurity. She is remembered as a great queen of Kush and is known as a great warrior and pyramid builder; particularly at the Wad ban Naqa site that served as the seat of the Kushite/Nubian Kingdom.
Meryt Neith whose name means "beloved of the goddess Neith," lived about 5,000 years ago and ruled Egypt around 2950 B.C. She’s the earliest recorded female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Two separate tombs are dedicated to her... one in Abydos and the other in Saqqara.
