How To Use Pharaonic In A Sentence
- Tiberius, the emperor at the time of Christ's crucifixion, is represented here by a round-topped sandstone stela that shows him in classic pharaonic dress with a winged sun-disk kneeling before a couple of gods and with his name translated into hieroglyphs, recording the reconstruction of some flood-damaged temples at Karnak. British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London
- And if the face doesn't look familiar, try this one: King Tut's golden mask that is today an icon of Egypt's pharaonic past.
- Some of these practices are several thousand years old - the gruesome "pharaonic" circumcision of women, for example. Palestine Blogs aggregator
- A blind door set into a pharaonic tomb to allow the spirit of the deceased to come and go.
- The find revealed a trove of fabulous treasures in gold and precious stones that showed the wealth and craftsmanship of the Pharaonic court
- This ancient society is known for the stability given it by the Nile, a well-mannered and orderly river, and by a pharaonic culture where the rulers were deities. Egypt and the Fruits of the Pharaohs
- Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems. Sci-Fi Book Releases for October (UK)
- Hoover's deepening, marriage-like relationship with his hand-reared assistant director Clyde Tolson is intercut with glimpses of canned history – the Palmer raids, the slandering of Dr King, the compromising private files … But no Joe McCarthy nor his ruthless chief counsel Roy Cohn, not enough Nixon and no substantial mention of Cointelpro, the pharaonic, black-propaganda campaign against 1960s civil rights workers and the student left. J Edgar is a woefully boring movie
- Russia closely resembled the ancient Oriental despotisms such as those in Mesopotamia and pharaonic Egypt, where the rulers were the exclusive owners of all that lay within their domain.
- In the regional game of water politics, thousands of years of pharaonic civilization is Egypt's royal flush. Thirsty Egypt Clings Tight To The Nile