Who Were the Pharaohs?: A History of Their Names with a List of Cartouches

Abydos Akhenaten Alexander Amenemhat Amenhotep Amun ancient became birth name brought built burial buried called cartouche name claim classic close contain continued cult death Delta divine early Egyptian epithet express fifth foreign fourth full titulary given gives gods Gold Greek Hatshepsut Height held Herihor hieroglyphic High Horus name identified identity Karnak king of Egypt Kingdom kingship known Kushite Ladies land language Late later live meaning Memphis Merenptah meryamun Middle Kingdom monuments Old Kingdom Pepy period Persian person Pharaoh Priest prince probably Psamtek Ptolemy pyramid queen Ramses record reign rising royal names rule rulers Saqqara script secure Sedge and Bee Senusret Seth Sety Sneferu statues stela successor temple texts Theban Thebes third throne name Thutmose titled names titulary tomb took Twenty-Sixth Dynasty Upper Egypt Valley written