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Has Tutankhamun's tragic teenage wife finally been found?
Daily Mail ^
| 17 January 2018
| Tim Collins
Posted on 01/17/2018 3:30:31 PM PST by mairdie
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:30:31 PM PST
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mairdie
To: ADemocratNoMore; SunkenCiv; BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:31:15 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
The teen bride is believed to have had a tragic life, marrying her father, her grandfather and her half-brother Tutankhamun. Today, the ultralib profs would say "...not that there's anything wrong with that."
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:33:57 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: rfp1234
As I remember, the pharoahship descended through the woman, not the man.
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:37:13 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
I hope they find her grave. One of the first historical novels about Egypt I read was about Ankhesenamun (or Ankesenpaaten). It sparked a lifelong interest in ancient and modern Egypt.
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:39:52 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: sauropod
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:40:00 PM PST
by
sauropod
(I am His and He is mine.)
To: mairdie
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:40:49 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: mairdie
That is the theory that has the most adherents among scholars at this time. The woman whose husband could be Pharaoh was called “the throne princess” or “the red princess.”
The book I noted above costs at least a hundred dollars now, but it must have been in a school or public library when I was a girl in the 1970s.
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:43:14 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: mairdie
She banged him, his dad, and his grandpa? Hmm. Guess there were lefties back then too...
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:43:59 PM PST
by
1_Inch_Group
(Country Before Party)
To: mairdie
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:45:38 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: 1_Inch_Group
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:45:53 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: 1_Inch_Group
Typical man, blaming the teenaged girl for the actions of powerful men.
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:46:02 PM PST
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Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: mairdie
Queen Hotsy Totsy?
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:46:35 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: Tax-chick
Yep. She would have had no choice in the matter.
I think one of the most pitiful historical documents I have read is her letter to the king of the Hittites asking for him to select one of his sons to send to be her husband after Tutankhamun died.
No living children and she knew that unless she moved fast she was going to end up with either the General of the Army or her grandfather as her husband.
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posted on
01/17/2018 3:57:14 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
To: Tax-chick
I graduated history of art/physics in 1967 from U of Chicago. Picked it up in one of the Egyptian art classes.
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01/17/2018 3:59:41 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Professor Bob Brier, who recorded 24 hours on ancient Egypt for the “The Great Courses” and has published some popular books on Egypt, said the same. His conclusion was that she married the general, Ay, who was a commoner, but died without issue, resulting in the total destruction of the Aten cult and the restoration of the power of the priests of Amun.
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01/17/2018 4:00:25 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: mairdie
Fascinating. Wasn’t Barbara Mertz, who wrote novels about Egypt as “Elizabeth Peters,” a graduate of the University of Chicago in Egyptology? I have her last novel, which was completed by Joan Hess, past-due at the library!
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01/17/2018 4:01:58 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: Tax-chick
You forgot the /sarcasm tag. It’s ok...I got it. ;)
Back then, prolly half the dudes were chicken effers. At least she didn’t have to bang a chicken effer.
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posted on
01/17/2018 4:03:04 PM PST
by
1_Inch_Group
(Country Before Party)
To: 1_Inch_Group; Harmless Teddy Bear
It would be more accurate to say they all raped her, although she might have “consented” due to the lack of any other choice.
I believe chickens were food.
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posted on
01/17/2018 4:04:59 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("It's the end of the world as we know it ... if the sky is falling, I don't want to be below it.")
To: mairdie
For some reason they’re taking a lot of time to check out those supposed secret chambers. I haven’t heard anything more about it.
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