Royal Egypt Act Of Incest

There are many risk factors that come with the act of incest but it is overlooked by the Egyptians because of protection of royal blood and assets. Evidence of incest can be found in mummies. Genetic profiling reveals that there was incest between the great King Tut. Osiris and Isis were two primary gods that were brother and sister who gave birth to Horus because of this Egyptians would follow many gods like Osiris and Isis. Those of royalty were influenced by them and aimed to be like their gods. There is enough proof to show that ancient royal Egyptians practiced incest. Egyptian culture consisted on theocracy, meaning a state ruled by gods (Sayre 77). Their belief is the core of how royal Egyptians governed their state. This would influence

Brother and sister marriages were not a taboo in that time. It was expected of the royal families to marry their siblings. It was also easier to marry between siblings because there would be no separation of their family property. The two main dynasty King Tutankhamun and the 18th Dynasty and Ptolemaic Dynasty that will show the practice of inbreeding and the effects it had.

The first dynasty that will go in depth of incest will be King Tutankhamun and the 18th dynasty. Tutankhamun is that he was the youngest ruler and son of Akhenaten, who was the first to find a monotheistic religion (Sayre 96). Tutankhamun became famous on November 26, 1922, when his tomb was discovered (Sayre 75). It was the only tomb that robbers did not get to the tomb. Tutankhamun was a pharaoh, who was crowned at nine years old, 3,300 years ago according to Zahi Hawass article, “King Tut’s family secrets: DNA evidence reveals the truth about the boy king's parents and

All the factors that were listed before are to prove that the act of incest is real in ancient Egypt. Their beliefs of wanting to keep the royal blood between their families instead of others who did not share, which sets them apart from other people. They provided evidence to conclude that incest was going on with artifacts, drawings, and DNA testing. Unlike king Tut, the Ptolemies you could see a larger history of incest. The Ptolemies did not have any defects that were proven because of incest unlike King Tut, they have diagnosed Tutankhamun birth defects because of incest. Both dynasties have in common the act of practice of incest for the reasons of protecting their power and their assets. The common people of ancient Egypt did not follow those of their leaders therefore, the royal Egyptians wanted to be different and set apart from the common people. The involvement of incest was very common among royal Egyptians and their practice of being like