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A Pharaoh was a ruler in ancient Egypt. Usually the kings were thought to be of divine power, descended from the gods and able to converse with them. Some famous Pharaohs include King Tutankhamen, Ramses, and Ptolemy.
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EzraPharaohs"big house". That's what the word means in ancient Egyptian.
They were the kings of ancient Egypt. The common people believed that they were the human form of god'Horus'. They married within the family, usually their own sister, because goods were inherited through the female line even if women couldn't usually be the Pharaoh.
There was only one woman Pharaoh in ancient Egyptian times, soon succeeded by Greeks and the Romans the women pharaoh was Hatshepsut.
There were three fairly stable periods with regular dynastic succession of the Pharaoh. These are called the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom by people that study Egyptian history. Although those were the periods there were also elder time periods with them 'intermediate'.
Pharaohs were basically the king of Ancient Egypt. They were there to rule the people of Egypt. Pharaohs were thought to be part God, so they were worshiped as well.
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How did the farmers greet the pharaoh?
Farmers were incredibly unimportant, peasants and the Pharoah's eyes as worthless as slaves. Though the Pharoah would almost never come into contact with normal people if they did they prostrate themselves on the ground and kiss the ground beneath his feet. He would never ever speak to the Pharoah.
What was Cleopatra best known for?
Being the last pharoah of Egypt
What are the smaller buildings around the pyramids?
they are temples to charrish the pharoah
Who is queen Tiye?
She was the wife of the Egyptian Pharoah Amenhotep III.
How far is a country mile?
A country mile was originally coined in ancient Egyptian times, with the word 'country' loosely translated from the Egyptian word for "pharoah's land". Archaelogists have discovered ancient tablets referring to the 'pharoah's land distance' as the distance of all the pharoah's pyramids end to end. By today's measurement standards, a country mile is approximately 12,765 feet (US).
