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Daetra t1_it2j14i wrote

I wonder if the poor working class had names that the ruling class would call them individually. Or were they were all seen as a monolith? I'm guessing the latter. Though, I have heard that pharaohs were buried with their favorite servants. Futurama taught me that.

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marmorset OP t1_it2kvkm wrote

Everyone had names, but I doubt the Pharaoh was walking around chatting with people. "Hey, Banafrit, how's Khaemweset doing? I heard he's working on my pyramid now. They grow up so fast."

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Daetra t1_it2lrg4 wrote

Did they use the same naming conventions as the kings? All their sons and daughters were just named after their parents? I figure the kings and queens did this mostly for name recognition.

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marmorset OP t1_it2mrxd wrote

Many of them had their own names, Amenhotep was the son of Ahmose I. There are eleven different Ramesses, but only some of them are father and son.

It might have been a general tradition in that some people's sons are juniors.

EDIT: Apparently they often took regal names. Ramesses X was born Amonhirkhepeshef, but ruled as Khepermaatre. I'm not sure why we know him as Ramesses X.

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Daetra t1_it2ym2z wrote

Sounds like whitewashing, English empire at it again!

/s

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