pharaohs
Ancient Egyptian kings
Pharaohs is the plural of pharaoh, the title for ancient Egyptian rulers.
The pharaohs were considered divine intermediaries between gods and people, wielding absolute religious and political authority: The pharaohs built the pyramids as tombs.
The word now evokes ancient Egypt's grandeur and power: He rules his company like one of the pharaohs.
Apex-topped geometric solids
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
Valley of Kings · tomb · hieroglyphs · cartouche · canopic jars · death mask · treasure · grave goods
Male hereditary rulers
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
sovereignty · court · succession · royal · monarchy · power · decree · authority
Egyptian dynastic name
- TutankhamunEgyptian boy pharaoh
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
- KhufuEgyptian king, largest pyramid
- HatshepsutEgyptian queen who ruled
Akhenaten · Nefertiti · Amenhotep · Ptolemy · lineage · famous · legendary · iconic
Supernatural beings worshipped
divine · temples · priests · offerings · rituals · sun worship · incarnation · sacred
Act of unearthing
- discoveryAct of finding something
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- EgyptologyStudy of pharaonic civilization
Howard Carter · museum · relic · antiquities · expedition · Rosetta Stone · decipherment · carbon dating
pyramids
Apex-topped geometric solids
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
afterlife · Valley of Kings · tomb · hieroglyphs · cartouche · canopic jars · death mask · treasure · grave goods · chamber
kings
Male hereditary rulers
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
crown · sovereignty · court · succession · royal · monarchy · power · decree · authority · Nile
Ramesses
Egyptian dynastic name
- TutankhamunEgyptian boy pharaoh
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
- KhufuEgyptian king, largest pyramid
Hatshepsut · Akhenaten · Nefertiti · Amenhotep · Ptolemy · lineage · famous · legendary · iconic · rulers
gods
Supernatural beings worshipped
Amun · divine · temples · priests · offerings · rituals · sun worship · incarnation · sacred · ankh
excavation
Act of unearthing
- discoveryAct of finding something
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
Howard Carter · Egyptology · museum · relic · antiquities · expedition · Rosetta Stone · decipherment · carbon dating · restoration
- EgyptiansCleopatra, Tutankhamun, Nefertiti, Ramses, ancient Egyptians
- GizaGreat Pyramid, Sphinx, Great Sphinx, Khufu, necropolis
- Egyptologypyramids, pyramid, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, mummies
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- Ancient Egyptsphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics, pyramid, mummy
pharaohsslaves
Persons owned by others
bondservants · laborers · peasants · untouchables · serfs
- pharaohs' tombsAncient Egyptian burial monuments
- pharaoh's curse
- pharaoh maskRoyal Egyptian funerary headpiece