Kings and Pharaohs Traditional Cache
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Welcome to Egypt!
This an Egyptian caching adventure.
Put yourself in the right frame of mind and you'll see pyramids & experience camels trekking across the desert.
Pharaoh, meaning "Great House", originally referred to the king's palace, but during the reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479-1425 BC) in the New Kingdom, become a form of address for the person who was king.
The term pharaoh ultimately was derived from a compound word represented as pr-`3, written with the two biliteral hieroglyphs pr "house" and `3 "column". It was used only in larger phrases such as smr pr-`3 'Courtier of the High House', with specific reference to the buildings of the court or palace.
From the twelfth dynasty onward the word appears in a wish formula 'Great House, may it live, prosper, and be in health', but again only with reference to the royal palace and not the person.
For thousands of years ancient Egypt was ruled by royal families. We know much about the pharaohs and queens from these great dynasties because of their magnificent tombs and the public monuments raised in their honor. Egypt's first ruler was King Narmer, who united the country in about 3,100 B.C.. Later pharaohs such as Zoser and Khufu are remembered for the great pyramids they had built as their tombs.
Pharaohs usually succeeded to the throne through royal birth. However, in some cases military commanders such as Horemheb came to power. Although Egypt's ruler were traditionally men, a few women were made pharaoh. The most famous of these in the Greek queen Cleopatra VII, who ruled Egypt in 51 B.C.
Memorable moments for this cache:
FTF: Congratulations go to airrooster, 0068 & 0089 on the co-find.
100th finder:
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(Decrypt)
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