(1) Another high economic growth period was certainly the time after a pharaoh had died in ancient Egypt and the economy was put under the command to erect a new pyramid.

(2) In 1923, the world was fascinated with news of the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen.

(3) The house features a stone replica of a sphinx at the front door and a statue of the pharaoh Tuthmosis III brought from Luxor in Egypt in the entrance hall.

(4) They claim a tattered and neglected mummy found in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings is probably Queen Nefertiti, stepmother of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun.

(5) They say the pharaoh Khufu who built the Great Pyramid was so obsessed by the construction of his own tomb, he had no money to build tombs for others in his family.

(6) Khufu was the first pharaoh to build a pyramid at Giza.

(7) Cleopatra was the last pharaoh ; after her death Egypt became a Roman province.

(8) The pharaoh was a sacrosanct monarch who served as the intermediary between the gods and man.

(9) Pyramids are tombs built for Egypt's pharaohs .

(10) Such iron was used in making the sacred crook of Osiris held by the pharaohs of Egypt.

(11) Ancient Egyptians left behind a rich artistic heritage in the form of pyramids, pharaonic painting and sculpture, hieroglyphics, and architecture.

(12) Perfumes used by the Egyptian pharaohs have been recreated using hieroglyphics and Napoleonic treasure.

(13) Visions of exotic beauties like Nefertiti, legends of mummified pharaohs and the towering presence of the pyramids have made Egypt a fantasy place.

(14) The Hebrews were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaohs until 1250 B.C. when their leader, Moses, led them on an exodus out of Egypt to the Sinai peninsula.

(15) The Great Pyramid at Giza is the best-known and largest of the pyramids constructed between the Third Dynasty and the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt's pharaonic age.

(16) Priests were the main practitioners of magic in pharaonic Egypt, where they were seen as guardians of a secret knowledge given by the gods to humanity to u2018ward off the blows of fateu2019.

(17) The Image of Egypt exhibition features an array of patchwork and embroidery depicting Egypt, pharaohs and pyramids.

(18) At first the pharaohs were buried in underground chambers over which were built rectangular mastabas; these were stone structures housing the food and accoutrements the pharaoh would need in the afterlife.

(19) These pharaohs were regarded as gods by the Egyptian people.

(20) The pharaohs of ancient Egypt prohibited commoners from even touching them.

(21) In dynastic Egypt, pharaohs celebrated the u2018Sedu2019 festival at Karnak in which the king was ritually killed and reborn, symbolising the replenishment of his energies.

(22) The Egyptians under the Hyksos pharaohs invaded the Near East, and then came to Greece.

(23) Also discovered during two years of undersea exploration were jewellery and the head of a pharaonic statue of a sphinx.

(24) In about 3100 B.C., Egypt was united under a ruler known as Mena, or Menes, who inaugurated the 30 pharaonic dynasties into which Egypt's ancient history is divided - the Old and the Middle Kingdoms and the New Empire.

(25) According to most beliefs, pyramids were built with the help of great armies of slaves, by the ancient pharaohs of Egypt as tombs for preserving their royal bodies.