pharaoh
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Stasevska was born in 1984, the same year that Glass’ hypnotic, ritualistic opera, about an Egyptian pharaoh who dared to push monotheism onto his polytheistic culture, debuted in Stuttgart, Germany.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
The 4,600-year-old boat was built during the reign of King Khufu, the pharaoh who also commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 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
Pieces of pottery and other evidence found inside the sprawling underground tomb revealed that it belonged to Thutmose II, a young pharaoh who died an untimely death more than three millennia ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2025
So the same year Cleopatra’s Needle found a new home, so did the pharaoh who was responsible for making it.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 4
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Ancient Egypt and Kush, Lessons 1–3
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