pharaoh

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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

“It’s the Pharaoh Syndrome. You are working for the top of the pyramid and it will eventually come back to you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

Then the band played, and Tea Cake rode like a Pharaoh to his tomb.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston