As the last princess of the royal house, Sebe becomes Egypt's sole ruler amid turbulent times, the last ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty.
The mighty Middle Kingdom officially ends with her death.
"The waters of the Nile will turn to blood."
"I know you're worried, Ipuwer," Sebe says with a smile from her throne. "But the rise and fall of a dynasty is part of the universe's cycle. Why fret over it?"
Ipuwer's face remains expressionless. "I'm glad Your Majesty can take it so well. I only hope the ancestors and the people are just as optimistic."
"Don't you always say there's no point praying to the gods and ancestors?"
"As long as it helps Your Majesty. May the resentment of the late king and the late crown princess protect you."
The composed Crocodile Queen x the stone-faced chancellor who's nearly gone bald
Sobekneferu,
the only female pharaoh among the many female rulers of ancient Egypt to be recognized as legitimate by the royal lists of successive dynasties.
Ipuwer,
the wise man of ancient Egypt, celebrated in song for thousands of years.
P.S. "The river will turn to blood" comes from the ancient Egyptian text The Admonitions of Ipuwer.
Theme: Female pharaoh
