Just How Crazy Were Egyptian Pharaohs?
0Like many rulers from the time before we had running water and microwaves, the pharaohs of Egypt were considered to be only rivaled in power by the gods their people worshipped. Considering the ancient Egyptians worshipped a god with crocodile for a head, they must have thought their pharaohs were pretty boss. So boss in fact that they let them get away with some pretty ridiculous things during their time in power, for example let’s talk about that time…
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Source/Further reading:
http://www.factfiend.com/cambyses-ii-cat-throwing-king-persia/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Menes
http://www.barakabits.com/2016/02/king-ramses-great-first-mummy-issued-passport
http://www.nok-benin.co.uk/prev-articles/pharaoh_4.htm
https://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320Hist&Civ/chapters/10AKHEN.htm
http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp455-fs14/2014/10/23/ancient-egyptian-sexuality/
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/hatshepsut.html
http://www.factfiend.com/cleopatra-knew-make-first-impression/
http://www.creatinghistory.com/pharoah-pepi-ii-flies-and-honey/
https://youtu.be/thnHRgvSbzQ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/dagger-king-tut-tomb-iron-meteorite-egypt-mummy
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/39/86740235_470bb27843_b.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Tissot_Moses_Speaks_to_Pharaoh.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K58cPYCTiPM
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sarcophagus_of_Prince_Thutmose%27s_cat_by_Madam_Rafa%C3%A8le.jpg/1280px-Sarcophagus_of_Prince_Thutmose%27s_cat_by_Madam_Rafa%C3%A8le.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzI2KDDUQAAeXrq.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Psamtik_III.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Le_roi_Cambyse_au_si%C3%A8ge_de_P%C3%A9luse_par_Paul-Marie_Lenoir.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Cambyses_II_capturing_Psamtik_III.png
http://www.whenweruled.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mena.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Abydos_KL_01-01_n01.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Hippo_at_dawn.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Colossus_of_Ramesses_II_restored.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/RAMmummy.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ramses_II_-_The_mummy.jpg/368px-Ramses_II_-_The_mummy.jpg
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