Hermione Wrote:
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> ealdred Wrote:
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>
> > .... I want to ask if any know of any blind
> > pharaohs/kings of ancient Egypt.
>
> ...
>
> A Google search for "blind pharaoh" threw up
> Pheron - [en.wikipedia.org].
>
> He was apparently the son of Sesostris -
> [en.wikipedia.org] - who was
> likely Senusret III -
> [en.wikipedia.org].
>
> Pheron doesn't appear anywhere in any formal list
> of AE kings.

Given the selection process I would imagine such a person would not be favored for the position. How many dwarfs and those with out limbs and such disabilities made it to Pharaoh? (besides the well known Akhenaton?)