pharaoh
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Four of the six individuals were sisters and daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat II. They had been placed in matching underground burial chambers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Historical brain teasers: Do you know which pharaoh the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed for?
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 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
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
That is where it will one day stand, and pilgrims will be able to come here and worship the pharaoh long after his death.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing pharaoh
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 4
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Ancient Egypt and Kush, Lessons 1–3
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