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Pharaoh ( Arabic فرعون) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh - Etymology. The term derives ultimately from the Egyptian words Pr-Aa meaning "Great House." Originally a term for the royal palace, this word came into vogue to refer to the king. The earliest certain instance of the term "pharaoh" is in a letter addressed to Thutmose III in the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty (1539-1292 BC). By the Twenty-Second Dynasty (c. 945-c. 720 BC) this usage ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - Curse of the Pharaohs The Curse of the Pharaohs refers to the belief that any person who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh is placed under a curse whereby they will shortly die. Many tombs of pharaohs have curses written on or around them, warning against entering. The belief was brought to many people's attention due to the deaths of some members of the team of Howard Carter, who opened the tomb of King Tutankhamun (KV62) in 1922, launching the modern era of Egyptology. The first of these "mysterious" deaths was that o ...

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Curse of the Pharaohs - Deaths

pharaohs: Encyclopedia II - Cigars of the Pharaoh - Storyline

Tintin is on a cruise ship when he meets Dr Sarcophagus, an Egyptologist, who tries unsuccessfully to keep a paper from going overboard. Sarcophagus then realizes that the paper is not the Kih-Oskh papyrus he thought it was but a travel agency prospectus. Tintin also meets Roberto Rastapopoulos, a wealthy businessman. This is also where Tintin first meets the Thompson twins, who have found heroin in Tintin's compartment that had been planted there. They are chasing Tintin throughout the book, with often comic results. Sarcophagus is on a trip to Egypt to explore Kih-Oskh's tomb, and Tintin decides to come along, c ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - Ay

Kheperkheprure Ay (occasionally Aya or Aye) was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1325-1321 BC or 1327-1323 BC, depending which chronology is followed), although he was a close advisor to two (perhaps three) of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was the power behind the throne upon which his immediate predecessor sat. Ay's prenomen, Kheperkheprure, means "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Re." Ay - Amarna ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - Amenhotep II

Aakheperure Amenhotep II (d. 1401/1400 BC) was the seventh Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1427 BC to 1401 BC and is thought to have enjoyed a reign of 25 Years and 10 Months as a certain Misphragmouthosis according to Josephus' version of Manetho's Epitome. An inscription containing the king's prenomen was written on a wine jar from Amenhotep II's funerary temple at Thebes. It is dated to this king's highest known date--his Year 26--and names the Pharaoh's Vintner, Panehsy. Amenhotep II - Reig ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - Akhenaten

Akhenaten, known as Amenhotep IV at the start of his reign, was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is thought to have been born to Amenhotep III and his Chief Queen Tiy in the year 26 of their reign (1379 BC or 1362 BC). Amenhotep IV succeeded his father after Amenhotep III's death at the end of his 38-year reign, possibly after a co-regency between the two of up to 12 years. Suggested dates for Akhenaten's reign (subject to the debates surrounding Egyptian chronology) are from 1353 BC-1336 BC or 1351 BC-1334 BC. Akhenaten's chief wife was Nefertiti, who has been made famous by her exquisitely pa ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - Imhotep

Imhotep (sometimes spelt Immutef, Ȧmhotep, or Ii-em-Hotep, Egyptian ii-m-ḥtp) was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history. As the Pharaoh Djosèr's Vizier, he designed the Pyramid of Djzosèr (Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630-2611 BC, during the 3rd Dynasty. He may also have been responsible for the first known use of columns in architecture. His ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - A wife confused for a sister

There are three tales of a wife confused with a sister within the Torah, all of which are strikingly similar. At the core of each is the tale of a Biblical Patriarch, who has come to be in the land of a powerful foreign overlord that has mistaken the Patriarch's wife to be the Patriarch's sister, and consequently has attempted to wed her himself, though later finds out his error. Two of the three stories are similar in many other details, including the antagonist's name - Abimelech - although this could be construed as being a royal t ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - Isis

Isis is a female goddess in the Egyptian belief. She was most prominent mythologically as the wife of Horus, or, in later periods, as the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and was worshipped as the archetypal wife and mother. Much later, her greatly changed cult became very prominent internationally, and she was worshipped throughout the ancient world as Isis-Aphrodite. Her name literally means (female) of throne, and the main hierogliph in her name, and the em ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - List of unsolved problems in Egyptology

The following are unsolved problems in Egyptology and modern knowledge of ancient Egypt. This includes a list of ancient Egypt mysteries. List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Introduction. There are many open problems concerning Ancient Egypt, including some with no satisfactory solution. Experts may suggest solutions to many of these questions; others may never be solved. Egyptian archaeology is in a state of constant transition, with much of the terminology and chronology in disp ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia - List of names for the Biblical nameless

This list of names for the Biblical nameless compiles names given in Jewish or Christian mythology for characters who are unnamed in the Bible itself. List of names for the Biblical nameless - Hebrew Bible. List of names for the Biblical nameless - Wives of the antediluvian patriarchs. Source: the apocryphal book of Jubilees Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4-5 The book of Jubilees provides names for a host of unnamed Biblical characters ...

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List of names for the Biblical nameless - Hebrew Bible

List of names for the Biblical nameless - New Testament

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia II - Pharaoh - Regalia and titles

The king of Egypt wore a double crown, created from the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt. It was adorned by a uraeus, which was doubled under the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Egyptologist Bob Brier has noted that despite its widespread depiction in royal portraits, no actual ancient Egyptian crown has ever been discovered. Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered largely intact, did contain such regal items as his crook and flail, but did not contain a crown. Crowns were assumed to have magical properties, and Brier's speculation is there were items a dead pharaoh could not take with him and, therefore, h ...

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pharaohs: Encyclopedia II - List of pharaohs - Third intermediate period

The Third Intermediate Period marked the end of the New Kingdom after a suprise invasion from the Sea People. A number of dynasties of Libyan origin ruled, giving this period its alternative name of the Libyan Period. List of pharaohs - Twenty-second Dynasty. The pharaohs of the Twenty-second Dynasty were Libyans, ruling from around 945 to 720 BC: List of pharaohs - Twenty-third Dynasty. The Twenty-third Dynasty was a local group, again of Libyan origin, based at Leontopolis, that ruled from 836 to 720 ...

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