How To Use Pharaonic In A Sentence
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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.
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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.
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Some of these practices are several thousand years old - the gruesome "pharaonic" circumcision of women, for example.
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A blind door set into a pharaonic tomb to allow the spirit of the deceased to come and go.
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The find revealed a trove of fabulous treasures in gold and precious stones that showed the wealth and craftsmanship of the Pharaonic court
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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.
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Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Backed by a huge sign saying "Alan Provides," Mr. Garcia said his government had avoided "pharaonic" projects, favoring building gritty infrastructure, for needs such as drinking water, sewage and low-cost housing.
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Then the team led by Bard and an Italian archeologist, Rodolfo Fattovich, started uncovering maritime storerooms in 2004, putting hard timber and rugged rigging to the notion of pharaonic deepwater prowess.
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Boston University archeologist Kathryn Bard and her colleagues are uncovering the oldest remnants of seagoing ships and other relics linked to exotic trade with a mysterious Red Sea realm called Punt ... the team led by Bard and an Italian archeologist, Rodolfo Fattovich, started uncovering maritime storerooms in 2004, putting hard timber and rugged rigging to the notion of pharaonic deepwater prowess.
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He seemed in a dream as he recounted the trips that he had taken to the Inca ruins in Peru, to Nepal, hidden in the Himalayas, the Pharaonic ruins in Egypt and the safaris in East Africa.
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Ancient Egyptians left behind a rich artistic heritage in the form of pyramids, pharaonic painting and sculpture, hieroglyphics, and architecture.
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Putting to one side those aspects of ‘Egyptomania’ that saw the re-working of Pharaonic themes in the decoration of architectural works but above all in painting, it was landscape scenes that most strongly felt the influence of this world, be it for marble relief work, for the glyptic or toreutic arts, or for painting.
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Just like the rock art, Pharaonic Egyptian art emphasises the clothing and accoutrements rather than the physical features.