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Tadukhipa · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 11:39 pm Post subject: The Word "Pharaoh"

When did it actually pop up? I've heard different things about this, and I'm curious.
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nefertikaure · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:35 pm Post subject:

Meaning "great house", the word pharaoh came to be used as a synonym for the Egyptian king under the New Kingdom (1539-1292bc).
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Meritaton · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:18 am Post subject:

and originally it was pronounced "per-aa", later Greeks pronounced it as "pharaoh".
I thought this is generally accepted. What other things have you heard? (just curious)

Tadukhipa · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 4:53 pm Post subject:

Mostly just different times that the word popped up. I've read that Akhenaten was the first guy to use it as a title (and goodness knows I could see him coming up with a way to mess up the language as well...), or else that it was the greeks that started using it as a title, and I've also heard that the phrase wasn't coined until the 1800's. I've always know that it meant "Great House" though.
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Meritaton · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject:

I think it was first used during the 18th dynasty, but I'm not sure.

Akhenaten · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:06 pm Post subject:

I heard that it was first used under the reign of Amunhotep III, but it could have been a different Amunhotep, I read it quite a while ago Smile

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Does anyone know what the pharaohs were called before Amenhotep the 4th??

Meritaton · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject:

I guess they were mentioned as nsw-bit, the ancient word for "king", or they were called by their coronation names.