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the building of the Hoover Dam was a construction project of pharaonic proportions
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Teams of divers uncovered stone sphinxes, pharaonic statuary and figures of gods and rulers, including the three immense and imposing statues that here welcome visitors into the museum’s vast entrance hall.
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And its artistry would have done any Egyptian proud, with etchings of falcon heads, winged gods, and a head of pharaonic gravity.
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After an entry gallery where an introductory short subject on pharaonic Egypt is projected onto a 180-degree screen, gold-colored doors open automatically (think crowd control), allowing entry into the first of nine galleries.
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The officials said the incident was caused by strong winds that forced the balloon, which was carrying 20 tourists, off its course above the ancient city, home to some of Egypt’s most remarkable pharaonic temples and tombs.
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Egyptian authorities said the incident was caused by strong winds that forced the balloon off its course above the city’s pharaonic temples and tombs.
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But the septuagenarian Burris, who had space on his pharaonic tomb to list another accomplishment, grabbed it eagerly.
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Other scenes also depict a monkey — in pharaonic times, monkeys were commonly kept as domestic animals — picking fruit.
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Their houses, inside the ancient pharaonic-era tombs, and later on top of them, were damaging precious heritage.
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Origin and Etymology of pharaonic
French pharaonique, from pharaon pharaoh, from Late Latin Pharaon-, Pharao
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First Known Use: 1792
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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