The matriarchal system of society, whereby descent was through the female line was the basis of the social organization in Ancient Egypt, and indeed throughout the rest of Black Africa.
quote: "Because of the need to ensure that the next king was born to a woman of the purest royal blood and because the role of the Great Royal Wife was of the greatest importance to the succession, the ruling king was usually married to the Great Royal Daughter (who was customarily his sister and the eldest daughter of the previous king and his Great Royal Wife). Inheritance thus passed through the female line; to substantiate his claim to the throne and gain acceptance of his own son as the next heir, each royal heir presumptive had to marry the Great Royal Daughter...Even claimants who had only tenuous links with the main royal line could legitimatize their kingship if they married the royal heiress. --Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt, p87 by Rosalie David, Oxford
This system was so much at the core of Kemetian political philosophy that it expresses itself in the legend of Isis (the ancestor-goddess of the Ancient Egyptians) and Osiris (the ancestor-god of the Ancient Egyptians); expressed by their very name/titles:
Thus it is clear; Osiris is portrayed as the fashioner or creator of political power and inheritance and Isis is political power and inheritance -- Kemetian dialectics...
European Revisionism
Since evidence of the Kemetian matriarchy is abundant, clear, and emphatic, why do we have statements such as this from Joyce Tyldesley in her book "Ramesses:Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh";
quote: "the old 'heiress princess' theory which stated that the right to rule was passed through the female line, compelling the crown prince to marry his heiress sister, is now discredited."
With supreme arrogance the author has simply denied one of the fundamental principles of Kemetian social ideology as practiced across millenniums. To those familiar with this type of arrogant distortion, one would immediately recall a similar statement; "the old notion that the ancient Egyptians belonged to the Negro race is an error that has now been refuted." We are well aware of the reason behind that nonsense but why the equally 'ignorant' denial of the Kemetian matriarchy? It is to allow the process of bending a theory to fit a particular ideology, in this case, the foreign infiltration of the Kemetian ruling class.
Despite the fact that it was forbidden by law for a female royal to marry a foreigner (due to the matriarchy and the rules of descent), if we deny its very existence, we can then have a 'Mitannian' Nefertiti, a 'foreign' Queen Tiye, or 'play games' with the lineage of the Ramessid's dynasty(19th ).
While there may have indeed been occasions where Kemetian tradition and laws were violated, it should certainly raise a red flag to any serious student of Kemetian history. In other words, if you were to read somewhere that 'such and such' a Royal Queen was of foreign birth, you must immediately stop and say, 'hey, wait a minute, how is that possible?...
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A block statue of black granite, 0.487m high. It is one of eight known statues of Harwa, the High Steward of the "Divine Consort of Amun," Amendiris daughter of King Kashta. Under the Kushite Kings of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty the office of "Divine Consort of Amun" at Thebes became especially prominent. Excercised by a King's DAUGHTER, and transmitted to a FEMALE SUCCESSOR by adoption, the position of HIGH PRIESTESS of AMUN ensured the Kings control over the Theban region.
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