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The Legend of Tomiris, Queen of the Massagetae

The Legend of Tomiris, Queen of the Massagetae

A tale told in Khiva

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May 18, 2023
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A pair of wind-blown, sand-blasted sparrows were tossed one blustery March morning into the branches of an old mulberry tree. The tree was in the inner courtyard of an abandoned old madrasa with a crumbling minora in the outer courtyard. They had been blown miles off course by the dust storm, blinded and helpless in the gusts of wind and the fine billow…

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