nibs said:
@music producer
show & prove the evidence for both the army and the bloodline.
in terms of bloodline it's my understanding that:
the paternal bloodline seems to have ended with amenhotep i, who had no male heirs.
the maternal bloodline may have ended with hatsheput's daughter, neferure, who had no female heirs.
at best, akhenaten only had the maternal royal bloodline.
Tuthmosis I married princes Ahmose who was daughter of Ahmose I. At this point the royal bloodline from the Hyksos war is sustained through princes Ahmose.
Tuthmosis I had two elder sons that died before him. The next Pharaoh became Tuthmosis II who was the youngest son of Tuthmosis I through his minor or second wife princess Mutnefert. Princess Mutnefert was the sister of princess Ahmose. At this point the royal bloodline is sustained through princes Mutnefert.
Tuthmosis II married his half sister Hatshepsut who was the elder daughter of Tuthmose I and Queen Ahmose.
Tuthmosis II had a son from a harem-girl named Isis. He may also have had a daughter with Hatshepsut his half sister. The daughters name was Neferure.
Tuthmosis III, who was the son of Tuthmosis II and a harem-girl named Isis, was too young to take the throne. After Tuthmosis II died from mysterious causes Hatshepsut made the move for the throne of Pharaoh. She became full-fledged Pharaoh only by the Amun Priesthood who also gained a considerable amount of power within the Egyptian government during this time. Due to specific ancient Egyptian drawings and writings it is suspected Hatshepsut was having an affair with a high priest of Amun.
Once Tuthmosis III became of age Hatshepsut disappeared from the seen. At this point the royal bloodline is sustained through Tuthmosis III.
Tuthmosis III married Hatshepsut-Merytre who is to become mother of Amenhotep II. It is unknown as to the lineage of Merytre but we do know she was of royal blood. She may have been a daughter or sister of Hatshepsut. Yet the royal bloodline is continued through Tuthmosis III. If Merytre is also of the royal bloodline then we are about to witness what an Immaculate Birth.
Amenhotep II becomes that Immaculate Birth or full-blooded royal bloodline.
From Internet resources we find the next Pharaoh becomes Tuthmosis IV who was son of Amenhotep II and Queen Tio. Tuthmosis IV hair to the throne is questionable and not truly known. It is kind of a unrecorded succession but his main claim to the throne is the Sphinx with an inscription that tells of a dream he had while sleeping under the Sphinx that reveals if he removed the sand from the Sphinx he would become Pharaoh of Egypt.
Historians do not know what to think of this inscription but feel if Tuthmosis IV was rightful hair he would not have needed any type of dream or inscription to justify his position. But he also could have been struggling for the position with brothers. After all Amenhotep II would be god in the eyes of the Egyptians thus any sons he would have had would have been rightful heir to the throne and would have had an equal claim.
When Tuthmosis IV takes the throne the royal bloodline is sustained through his father Amenhotep II and doubling it quite possibly through Queen Tio.
Amenhotep III is son of Tuthmosis IV and one of his Chief wives Queen Mutemwiya. The royal bloodline is sustained through Amenhotep III.
Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV was the third son of Amenhotep III and his Chief wife Queen Tiy.
As I said, Akhenaten’s bloodline can be traced all the way back to the Hyksos war. It is indeed a mess because we use to marry our half sisters and even in some cases our daughters but we did these things to intentionally sustain royal blood.
Most of this information comes from Chronicles of the Pharaohs ISBN 0-500-05074-0.
I will get into the military in my next post. But the people who were the military of Egypt continue to exist today. They are the Masai of Africa who have an oral history of being vanquished from Egypt and being told they were going to a land flowing with milk and honey.