[cake_crumb]

"The Egyptian pharoahs practiced inter-family breeding on a grand scale"

There was also a theory that young Pharaos-to-be may not have been the products of the married brothers and sisters' unions...it's still gonna be tough.

[metesky]

IIRC, one of the Cleopatras married her brother, but they weren't really Egyptians, they were Ptolomys (sp?) and thus Greek.

[Nefertiti]

"The Egyptian pharaohs practiced inter-family breeding on a grand scale"

There was also a theory that young Pharaohs-to-be may not have been the products of the married brothers and sisters' unions...it's still gonna be tough.

Very true.. Nefertiti is said to be a foreign queen... their marriage part of a treaty and that before the marriage her name was changed to Nefertiti.. they were under the impression that if she had an Egyptian name it would be easier for the locals to accept her... that is of course until her and Akenaton changed the nations entire religious practices.

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