@hbdchick @Werner_Jen Were bro-sis marriages found anywhere else in the Greek world? Weird that a branch of ruling-caste colonials wd start.
.@Werner_Jen prolly only transplanted greeks who did so: Full Brother-Sister Marriage in Roman Egypt: Another Look http://www.jstor.org/stable/656299
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@christopherburd@Werner_Jen don't think so. these guys might've picked up the idea in egypt. the pharaohs had sibling marriage, of course. -
@hbdchick@Werner_Jen Didn't know the practice pre-dated the Ptolemies. Still, weird... I mean, whose idea was is to go native? Euuw. -
@christopherburd@Werner_Jen king tut may've been the product of a sibling mating (or cuzs) & he married a half-sis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun#Life …
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