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Scientists Just Found Evidence That Ancient Egypt Had a Female King 5,000 Years Ago

Researchers enhanced a decades-old photograph and found a royal emblem suggesting Meretneith ruled as a king, not merely a queen.

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Over 5,000 years ago, a royal named Meretneith was the big boss of ancient Egypt. She was long known as a major player during the First Dynasty, which scientists figured out because her tomb was loaded with enough gold and rich stuff to put her on par with male pharaohs. But just how important she was during her time wasn’t exactly known.

Now, according to new research published in Prague Egyptological Studies, she was pretty important because she was a full-blown King........

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