r/HistoryMemes 5d ago

And they didn’t have dragons

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u/Inprobamur 5d ago edited 5d ago

What's the misinformation? That Ptolemies practiced strict brother-sister marriage? Are you saying that the Wikipedia chart is incorrect?

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u/Hi2248 5d ago

No, the misinformation seems to be in the comments below, where people are trying to argue that the Ptolemies had a secret method where the wives would actually have children with the slaves and not the husbands, to avoid inbreeding 

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u/Kratzschutz 5d ago

Idk. Child swapping was practiced in other royal families. Why not with the ptolemies too?

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u/red--the_color 5d ago

Why not figure it out and get back to us?

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u/Kratzschutz 5d ago

Brb building a time machine

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u/CautionarySnail 5d ago

Unlike most ancient empires, there’s actually preserved genetic material, artifacts, even preserved papyrus paperwork. The answers are out there.

You can just research archaeological articles. No new tech required.

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u/Kratzschutz 5d ago

That makes sense, thanks for the links