pharaoh
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But we know what narrator Ramin Karimloo means: The last significant pharaoh continues to occupy the dreams of Egyptologists scouring the dust for traces of his history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.
From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025
Egypt accuses German archaeologists of smuggling the colourfully painted bust of Nefertiti, wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, out of the country more than a century ago.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
They’ve done it with the obsession of a pharaoh chipping away all mentions of his predecessors from obelisks.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
Only after Antigonus One-Eye took a crown did Ptolemy finally proclaim himself pharaoh of Egypt in 305.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Vocabulary lists containing pharaoh
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 4
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Ancient Egypt and Kush, Lessons 1–3
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