Kikia's Pharaoh: Why Kiya Is Not A Pharaoh

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Kiya was a pharaoh, not just any pharaoh, but a pharaoh of the whole Egyptian empire, and at such a young age. Kiya was given her status at the age of 14, and she’d ruled since then for nearly a decade, leaving her at 23. Kiya was renown in her kingdom as a symbol of beauty, a symbol of the female form in its most pure. Her people would come from miles around, on foot or by animals back just to a get a distant view of her sitting on a throne or waving from her balcony window.

She had princes lined up for as far as the eye could see wanting to propose, but she didn’t want anything to do with that, marriage being that. She didn’t seem to have any interest in the concept of wedlock, why wed? If she wed a man then that man would share her power, her influence. She, selfish though it was, enjoyed her status, enjoy the way that the people swooned over her, her every word, every noise she made and every motion she performed.
Women idolized her, what did she wear on her last public showing? What did she eat the night before? From noble to peasant they all adored their empress. Seamstresses of Memphis would receive orders in
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She sat on one of the stone benches in the room in the white dress she’d brought with her, which wasn’t anywhere near appropriate for meeting a stranger, or being seen in a more public place! It was then there was a knock on the door, she answered preemptively assuming who was out there. “Send her in.” she said as the door opened and Taweret entered carrying A beautiful pale blue dress that would hug her figure perfectly as well as a sequined neck collar, a thick golden bracelet, an upper arm bracelet stylized after a snake and a beautiful pair of earrings that were gold with dyed blue pearls in-between. “Thank you” Kiya said taking the objects from Taweret who left. “Taweret.” She said before she left. “Fetch some things to prepare my hair.” She said to the woman who nodded and

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