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pharaoh

[fair-oh, far-oh, fey-roh] / ˈfɛər oʊ, ˈfær oʊ, ˈfeɪ roʊ /


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For crucial scenes portraying the palace hallway in Egypt, where Moses talks to the Pharaoh, they built cardboard boxes as the columns in the palace, and “reskinned” them with intricate carvings using AI.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The radiocarbon ages for the Santorini event were markedly older than the first radiocarbon dates obtained for artifacts associated with Pharaoh Ahmose and those from the 17th to early 18th Dynasty.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

A separate building was designed for the 4,600-year-old solar boat of Pharaoh Khufu, one of the largest and oldest wooden artefacts from antiquity.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Do we turn around and fight the Pharaoh on the shores of the Red Sea, or do we cross?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

“I don’t know. One minute he’s yelling at me. The next, the Pharaoh and Sekhmet are yelling at him.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein




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