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Definition of Pharaohs

1. pharaoh [n] - See also: pharaoh

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Literary usage of Pharaohs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1904)
"MONUMENTS OF PRIMITIVE pharaohs. BY JOSEPH OFFORD. In Egyptian archaeology it may truly be said that it is the unexpected that frequently happens, ..."

2. Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of M. Champollion, Jun., and on the by J.-G.-Honoré Greppo (1842)
"pharaohs mentioned in various texts of the prophets. ... The monarch who then occupied the throne of the pharaohs, received this fugitive prince with ..."

3. Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of M. Champollion, Jun.: And on the by J.-G.-Honoré Greppo (1830)
"pharaohs mentioned in various texts of lbe prophets. ... The monarch who then occupied the throne of the pharaohs, received this fugitive prince with ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1904)
"MONUMENTS OF PRIMITIVE pharaohs. BY JOSEPH OFFORD. In Egyptian archaeology it may truly be said that it the unexpected that frequently happens, ..."

5. A General History of the World by Victor Duruy, Edwin Augustus Grosvenor, Louis Edwin Van Norman (1912)
"When indolent kings succeeded the glorious pharaohs, priestly intrigue seated the high priest of Ammon upon the throne of Thebes, while another dynasty, ..."

6. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"A Visit to the Land of the pharaohs. London, 1882. 8°. ... The risen pharaohs: Great discovery of mummies at Thebes in 1881—The great ..."

7. Our Heritage from the Old World by Josephine Heermans Greenwood (1921)
"The pharaohs Dynasty.—It is through these records that we have proof that the princes of the line of the pharaohs occupied in succession the throne of Egypt ..."

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