Kate Williams

When I was a child, one of my first games was a time machine which I made for my brother - a big box covered in silver and bits of cellophane. I'd close him up in it and joggle him and say, 'We're in Victorian times now... and now we're in Egyptian times, and I can see all these pyramids and pharaohs.

British Historian

Big Sean

I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am.

American Musician

Anouska Hempel

I really should have been a pharaoh - do you know that?

New Zealander Actress

The term 'pharaoh' specifically refers to rulers from Egypt's dynastic periods, not other cultures.

Ancient Title

'Pharaoh' applies to both male and female rulers, not just kings.

Not Gendered

Understanding the era and achievements of a specific pharaoh can add depth to your usage.

Historical Context

Used metaphorically, 'pharaoh' describes a person with absolute power or control, often negatively.

Metaphorical Use

Calling someone a 'pharaoh' is a way to criticize them for being authoritarian or tyrannical.

Criticizing Authority

Use the term to emphasize a power imbalance in situations like workplaces or relationships.

Power Dynamics

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 or 1,500 years before the pharaohs built the Great Pyramids of Giza. That original Chinese tea plant is the same type that's grown around the world today, yet it was originally consumed very differently. It was eaten as a vegetable or cooked with grain porridge.

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 but these things have given a sense of what's possible when the age-old model of power, the pyramid, gets turned upside down, putting the people on top and the pharaohs of today on the bottom, as it were. It's also shown us that something as powerful

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 clues the most important a broken arm found in nearby wrappings the hand once clenched a scepter the symbol of ultimate power in ancient Egypt the sign of a pharaoh or a queen other clues in the identification an indentation from a

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 Kings where Egypt's pharaohs were laid to rest for nearly 500 years many of their tombs are now open to the public each offers a spectacular glimpse into the ritual lives of one of humanity's first great civilizations further south

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 contrary to the burial rites of the Egyptian pharaohs the kings of cotner appear to have no interest in preserving the physical remains of their ancestors but evidence suggests their bond to their forefathers was important to them

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 and building temples and monuments that celebrated his mighty achievements. COLLEEN A lot of pharaohs, including Ramses, used propaganda. But in the case of the peace treaty, these are real terms with a real foreign king.

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 but there's no evidence the pharaohs enslaved people to build them. They didn't draw their power over the people from force. John believes what stood these kings apart was that they inspired devotion.

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 some historians recently and writers have called the black Pharaohs yeah this is a culture and a civilization distinct and different at some times in its history too to the civilization further

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 tombs and individual units within a vast temple network they were holy sites tended by royal priests built to safeguard the worldly remains of the Pharaohs from Thebes and transport them