Ramesses II married his daughter and Cleopatra VII married her brother, but how common was marriage within royal and commoner families?
It's often said that ancient Egyptian royalty married within the family, with pharaohs marrying siblings and sometimes even children. But is there any truth to the claim?
“The question of the practice of incest in Ancient Egypt has given rise to much discussion” among scholars Marcelo Campagno, an independent scholar who holds a doctorate in Egyptology, told Live Science in an email. Brother-sister marriageMany royal Egyptians entered into brother-sister royal marriages to emulate the practice of Osiris and Isis, two Egyptian deities who were siblings married to each other.
Among nonroyals, brother-sister marriage does not appear to have become widespread until the time of Roman rule, when records indicate there were a sizable number of sibling marriages, experts told Live Science.
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