The answer is yes: People in ancient Egypt — both royal and nonroyal — married their relatives, but the details vary according to the time period and class.. Among the general population ...

Attitudes to Women and Sex. Unfortunately, we do not have a complete picture of marriage in Ancient Egypt. The period of interest spans almost three thousand years, from 3100 to 332 BCE, and ...

"When wealthy people got married in ancient Egypt, in certain periods they had the option of drawing up a marriage contract." This stipulated, for example, how much money each party brought into ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

It’s often said that wedding rings (or at least those connected to marriage) started with the ancient Egyptians. Archaeologists have uncovered golden rings that could indicate such uses. Yet, prior to ...

For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D. candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different.