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Does any one know what they call a female pharroh

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Dark_Meryetamun_28 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:07 am Post subject:

A queen? Or Pharaoh, like Hatshepsut
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Meritaton · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 7:59 am Post subject:

I guess "pharaohess" sounds a little far-fetched... Just call her pharaoh, but refer to her as "she" to avoid confusion Smile

BTW in Ancient Egyptian language there was no word for "queen", as there were also no words for prince, princess, etc. They were called King's Wife, King's Great Royal Wife, and King's Daughter / Mother / Sister etc.
So some royal women could have a large collection of titles Smile

Guest · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:22 pm Post subject:

Pharoah is Pharoah, whether he's male or female.

One thing which I believe is an error .. the website makes a lot of references which imply there were many, or at least, several female Pharoahs.

When I studied ancient history @ university, we were taught that the title pharoah was only used on the Old Kingdom, and that Hatshepsut was the only female pharoah.

Cleopatra, for example, ruled as Queen, the title used in the New Kingdom.

Hope that helps

Akhenaten · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:08 am Post subject:

Well, maybe this is a more recent discovery, but Kings in Egypt weren't called "Pharaohs" until the reign of Amunhotep III or a little before that, in the 18th Dynasty, the New Kingdom. Pharaoh is the compilation of two words, "Big," and "House." That's what they called the kings, and then they just combined to two words to make one title.
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Meritaton · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:47 am Post subject:

Which university was it? I don't have a high opinion of American education, don't make it even worse Smile

There were several queen-pharaohs, Hatshepsut ruled for the longest time, but there were also Sobekneferu (last ruler of the Middle Kingdom), Nitocris (okay, more legendary tha historical, but there's also a little bit of truth in legends), Tawosret (late 20th dynasty) and Meryneith who was probably the first woman ruler in the world.

Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

You mean "Great House," or Per-A'a. The word "Pharaoh" is Hebrew for Per-A'a, which is referring to the palace the Pharaoh lived in.
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Meritaton · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:02 pm Post subject:

Hebrew? I always thought it was Greek....
Jamie, if that's you, WHERE IS THE YUL BRYNNER PIC?

Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

I don't know where it went! I lost the URL!
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Akhenaten · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:00 pm Post subject:

I always thought is was Greek, too. Who knows? Anyone want to volunteer for researching that point for the rest of us so we all have our info correct?
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Dark_Meryetamun_28 · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:04 pm Post subject:

I'll search on it. It'll only be a few minutes.
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Dark_Meryetamun_28 · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:11 pm Post subject:

Ahhh! Nice site. It's Greek. Want to read more?

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/explore/phara_b2.html

Very informative.

Also, Jamie, how about this pic for your sig? I know it's not the same one, but it's still good.

http://www.wonderbred.com/beefcake/img/ybrynn.jpg

If you don't like that one, try the search I did.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Yul+Brynner&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=0
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Meritaton · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:52 am Post subject:

She can't do a Google search I guess. She is BESSed.

Dark_Meryetamun_28 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:56 pm Post subject:

Ick. I'd hate it if I had Bess. I mean, what's the point of going online, then? Hey, wait a minute. Speaking of Bess...do you think that's why he hasn't been on in a while? Could Bess have blocked KTO? Crying or Very sad

If so, I'm gonna see if I can get a hold of my brother's hacker friends. I bet they can loosen Bess' collar. What do you think?
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Meritaton · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:59 pm Post subject:

That would be cool Smile

I guess they already tried it... legal technology is always one step behind the hackers Smile

I just loved it when RIAA's home page got hacked for the 6th time...

BTW now I'm totally confused whether Jamie is a he or a she, maybe s/he will lighten me up when comes here again. Smile