Did the Egypt pharaohs marry their own daughters and have kids?
Incest in the past had been a widespread practice specially among the royal families. much of it had to do with preserving the purity of the royal blood. Evidence suggests its practice in ancient Egypt, Incan Peru, Central Africa among others. those born out of the incestuous relationship inherited similar genes from their parents and had a much higher risk of receiving a defective recessive gene.Tutankhamen is one of the most widely researched pharaoh concerning incestuous relationships.Pictured above is the reconstructed image of the boy king Tutankhamen.Tests on the mummified body of King Tut has revealed that he had club foot, feminine hips, pronounced hips and Kohler’s disease, a rare genetic disorder that caused him to lose bones in his feet. researches were able to zero in incest as the prime culprit behind his debilitating ailments. Inbreeding’s high rate of health problems is caused by recessive genes. Unlike most genes , recessive genes are more likely to cause diseases and deformities. Luckily, these recessive genes must be given by both parents to become expressed, but in instances where close relatives have children the likelihood of these genes being expressed significantly increases.Generations of inbreeding took their toll on King Tut - the last of his great dynasty.
What is your favourite short poem and why?
Gosh, probably too many to mention. In general, I prefer longer poems. But let me cite two poems of which I am extremely fond, the first a sonnet by Edmund Spenser, Amoretti 75, and one of the most perfect poems ever written, and admirable for its absolute simplicity, its deft use of an ancient trope, and one of the most characteristic Spenserian lines of all:One day I wrote her name upon the strand,But came the waves and washed it away:Again I write it with a second hand,But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay,A mortal thing so to immortalize,For I myself shall like to this decay,And eek my name be wiped out likewise.Not so, (quod I) let baser things deviseTo die in dust, but you shall live by fame:My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize,And in the heavens write your glorious name.Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,Our love shall live, and later life renew.“My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize”—perfection. And what a wonderfully deft final couplet!And in the last century, Wallace Stevens’ witty Cubist Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird:IAmong twenty snowy mountains,The only moving thingWas the eye of the blackbird.III was of three minds,Like a treeIn which there are three blackbirds.IIIThe blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.It was a small part of the pantomime.IVA man and a womanAre one.A man and a woman and a blackbirdAre one.VI do not know which to prefer,The beauty of inflectionsOr the beauty of innuendoes,The blackbird whistlingOr just after.VIIcicles filled the long windowWith barbaric glass.The shadow of the blackbirdCrossed it, to and fro.The moodTraced in the shadowAn indecipherable cause.VIIO thin men of Haddam,Why do you imagine golden birds?Do you not see how the blackbirdWalks around the feetOf the women about you?VIIII know noble accentsAnd lucid, inescapable rhythms;But I know, too,That the blackbird is involvedIn what I know.IXWhen the blackbird flew out of sight,It marked the edgeOf one of many circles.XAt the sight of blackbirdsFlying in a green light,Even the bawds of euphonyWould cry out sharply.XIHe rode over ConnecticutIn a glass coach.Once, a fear pierced him,In that he mistookThe shadow of his equipageFor blackbirds.XIIThe river is moving.The blackbird must be flying.XIIIIt was evening all afternoon.It was snowingAnd it was going to snow.The blackbird satIn the cedar-limbs.
Is the discovery of Ramesses 2 dead body proof of Islam being a true religion?
No. Ramesses II didn't drown in the Dead sea. He died in his nineties due to illness related to old age. There's no dead body recovered from the Dead Sea. Qur'anic claim is bullshit. Also, Islam is not the True Religion.What, now! When previously you rebelled and were one of the corrupters? Today we will preserve your body so you can be a Sign for people who come after you. Surely many people are heedless of Our Signs." (Qur'an, 10:91-92)Bullshit alert: Miracles of the Qur'anBy the time of his death, aged about 90 years, Ramesses was suffering from severe dental problems and was plagued by arthritis and hardening of the arteries. He had made Egypt rich from all the supplies and riches he had collected from other empires. He had outlived many of his wives and children and left great memorials all over Egypt, especially to his beloved first queen Nefertari. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra...Dead wrong. Sorry Qur'an!In July 2014, I visited the Egyptian Museum where The Mummy is resting. It's not an unusual mummy. It's kept, along with several other mummies, in a separate room (pay EGP 100 extra to get in the Royal Mummy Hall) where temperature and moisture are regulated to keep the mummies intact. This is the photo I took (against the notice prohibiting taking snaps)There was written info on his name, period of his rule, born-died etc. Nothing mentioned it was something special. I was surprised too.In various occasions, I was asked whether I saw the Qua'anic Pharaoh who drowned in the red sea, doomed by Allah for following Moosa (Moses). I said "Yeah, I saw him. But it didn't look any different. They didn't give any extra care either, or mention in any conversation. It's not in the history." The response was: "Well, you know, Western propaganda."