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  • noun Plural form of pharaoh.

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Examples

  • And the First Dynasty of the pharaohs was as far removed in time from Herodotus as he is from us.

    Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002

  • And the First Dynasty of the pharaohs was as far removed in time from Herodotus as he is from us.

    Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002

  • All the pharaohs are his roots, the nomarchs and priests his larger branches, the nobles the smaller branches.

    The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879

  • Throwing jagged stones at "pharaohs" and the self-deluded, this song cycle is simultaneously delightful and harrowing.

    JamBase 2010

  • Nearly 4,000 years ago, the pharaohs built a canal linking the Nile and the Red Sea.

    Exodus 2010

  • Without the Greeks, we'd all still be hauling hods for the pharaohs.

    Bearing Gifts to the Needy Greeks Joe Queenan 2011

  • For the intrepid, there may never be a better time to visit the land of the pharaohs.

    Egypt Now? Yes, and Bring the Kids Marc Champion 2011

  • Since air travel first made the Middle East accessible to the middle class, American tourists have shown an eagerness to fly thousands of miles to swarm over the tombs and temples of the pharaohs.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of European Novelists and Poets (Slideshow) G. Roger Denson 2010

  • For the intrepid, there may never be a better time to visit the land of the pharaohs, says Marc Champion, who traveled to Egypt recently with his family.

    A Pyramid to Yourself 2011

  • Of course, the family attic doesn't have Tutankhamun's glittering funeral mask, sculpted into his likeness so that his soul would recognize him in the afterlife, nor the mummified remains of nine pharaohs.

    Egypt Now? Yes, and Bring the Kids Marc Champion 2011

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