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A 5,000-year-old royal mystery: Digital clues point to Meretneith as Egypt's female king
More than 5,000 years ago, a royal woman named Meretneith (also written as Merneith) lived in ancient Egypt.
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More than 5,000 years ago, a royal woman named Meretneith (also written as Merneith) lived in ancient Egypt. She was possibly the daughter of Djer, the third king of the First Dynasty, a period when the first kings ruled over a unified Egypt. Details of Meretneith's exact royal status have remained murky. We know she ruled the country because her tomb complex was filled with riches fit for a male ruler of Egypt.
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