Example sentences for: pharaoh

How can you use “pharaoh” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The hall, begun in the reign of Emperor Tiberius following the Roman takeover, has pleasing proportions and the interior is decorated with reliefs depicting Roman emperors dressed in Pharaoh’s garb and worshipping Knum.

  • Dedicated to Horus — god incarnate in the ruling Pharaoh — his granite falcon emblems guard the temple entrance.

  • Proponents of this theory recall ancient rulers such as the Pharaoh Ramses II and Aztec King Nezahualpilli, both of whom sired more than 100 children.

  • Tuthmosis I was the first Pharaoh to be entombed there c.1490 b.c. choosing a narrow valley out of site of the capital as a secret and supposedly safe location for his resting place, cut deep into the rock.

  • Within the complex—dedicated to Hathor, her “cows head” form decorates the columns of the Hypostyle Hall — is a sanctuary where Ramses and Nefertari made offerings to the gods, and one showing the Pharaoh himself worshipping his deified wife.


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