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Under King Userkaf, Ptahshepses — a palace-educated commoner — married Princess Khamerernebty. No non-royal official had ever done it before. Full story on Mythologia Geographic. #AncientEgypt #Pharaoh #Saqqara

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00:00A king of Egypt gave his daughter to a man who was not a prince.
00:04Tosh Epses was born an ordinary boy, educated at the court of a king, and under King Uzarkaf,
00:10founder of the 5th dynasty, he married Princess Komor-Nebti, the king's own daughter.
00:16No non-royal official had ever been allowed to marry a royal daughter before.
00:20He carved that marriage into his tomb for eternity, because in ancient Egypt,
00:25a commoner marrying a princess was not a fairy tale.
00:28It was a revolution.

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