Out of Egypt
British Museum curator Marie Vandenbeusch examines objects from the National Gallery of Victoria's Pharaoh exhibition, opening on..
Sydney Morning Herald
Pharaoh is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE. However, regardless of gender, "king" was the term used most frequently by the ancient Egyptians for their monarchs through the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom. The earliest confirmed instances of "pharaoh" used contemporaneously for a ruler were a letter to Akhenaten or an inscription possibly referring to Thutmose III.
British Museum curator Marie Vandenbeusch examines objects from the National Gallery of Victoria's Pharaoh exhibition, opening on..