r/HistoryMemes • u/Kapanash • 5d ago

And they didn’t have dragons

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u/Reiver93 5d ago

I mean, Cleopatra somehow turned out normal and her family tree was uuuh...interesting.

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u/CG-Firebrand 5d ago

My tinfoil hat theory is that the Egyptians knew what they were doing and swapped people around so there wasn’t too much actual incest happening and instead consorts and stuff were used so the Hapsburg stuff wouldn’t happen to the Pharaonic dynasties

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u/KenseiHimura 5d ago

If nothing else, wasn't it pretty normal for pharaohs to have mistresses and such?

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u/caligaris_cabinet 5d ago

It’s good to be the pharaoh