Which of the following statements about Egyptian pharaohs is FALSE?
A) The pharaohs were seen not only as intermediaries between the people and the gods but as gods themselves.
B) The pharaohs maintained power primarily by providing their subjects with a model of human behavior for all the people to follow.
C) The pharaohs sometimes entered into incestuous marriages to cement their political authority.
D) Despite the occasional female pharaoh, women in royal Egyptian families were generally seen as vessels for maintaining the king's power rather than as rulers in their own right.

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While the pharaohs did serve as models of behavior and had divine status, they primarily maintained power through their control of the military and the economy, rather than solely serving as an example for the people to follow.

Which of the Following Statements About Egyptian Pharaohs Is FALSE