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Thutmose III was the first ruler of Egypt to be called pharaoh. It means "great house" and originally referred to the king's palace but during Thutmose's reign in the New Kingdom (ca. 1479-1425 BCE), it referred to the person who was king and the son of Ra, the sun god.

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