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Tadukhipa · Joined:Sat Jan 18, 2003 10:33 am Posts:399 Location: Canada

When did it actually pop up? I've heard different things about this, and I'm curious.

nefertikaure · **Posted:** Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:35 pm

Meaning "great house", the word pharaoh came to be used as a synonym for the Egyptian king under the New Kingdom (1539-1292bc).

Meritaton · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:18 am

and originally it was pronounced "per-aa", later Greeks pronounced it as "pharaoh".
I thought this is generally accepted. What other things have you heard? (just curious)

Tadukhipa · Joined:Sat Jan 18, 2003 10:33 am Posts:399 Location: Canada

Mostly just different times that the word popped up. I've read that Akhenaten was the first guy to use it as a title (and goodness knows I could see him coming up with a way to mess up the language as well...), or else that it was the greeks that started using it as a title, and I've also heard that the phrase wasn't coined until the 1800's. I've always know that it meant "Great House" though.

Meritaton · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2003 10:32 am

I think it was first used during the 18th dynasty, but I'm not sure.

Akhenaten · **Posted:** Mon Jun 23, 2003 1:06 pm

I heard that it was first used under the reign of Amunhotep III, but it could have been a different Amunhotep, I read it quite a while ago :-)

ankhesenamun · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:12 pm

Does anyone know what the pharaohs were called before Amenhotep the 4th??

Meritaton · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:30 pm

I guess they were mentioned as nsw-bit, the ancient word for "king", or they were called by their coronation names.