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ИНЦЕСТ У СТАРОМ ЕГИПТУ
INCEST IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Author(s): Marko Škorić
Subject(s): Ancient World, Evaluation research, Family and social welfare
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Ancient Egypt; brother-sister incest; royal incest;

Summary/Abstract: There are many controversies that surround the problem of incest in Ancient Egypt. One of them is belief that incest was practiced exclusively by the Royal families, which is incorrect. I will try to show that at this time we don’t have satisfactory explanation of this kind of behavior, but that there are interesting suggestions for further research.

  • Issue Year: 39/2005
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 431-442
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian