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‘Blood Is Thicker Than Water’ – Non-Royal Consanguineous Marriage in Ancient Egypt
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This volume presents, for the first time, evidence for non-royal consanguineous marriage in ancient Egypt. The evidence was collated from select sources from th
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In this interdisciplinary study, Leire Olabarria examines ancient Egyptian society through the notion of kinship. Drawing on methods from archaeology and socioc