The term pharaoh
Hey, while reading the reviewer's comment on Khufu, I saw you response regarding the term pharaoh: "Respond: This form was choosed cuz Egyptologists today prefer to say "king" before "pharaoh", since the latter term is of greek origin and brought up in greek-roman epoques.Nephiliskos (talk) "
Well this is not true. The term pharaoh is not of greek origin but of egyptian origin, pr-3ˁ per-aa, meaning the great house. The term in fact refers to the palace of the king and came to used for the king's estate and finally for the king himself during the Saite period ca 650BC, well before the classical greco-roman times (starting ca 500BC). Thus the term pharaoh was used by ancient egyptian to refer to their king, albeit at a very point moment in history. Furthermore not so many scholar are against the use of pharaoh which is, in fact, the standard English term to refer to the ancient Egyptian kings. Thus I would strongly advise you to king the term pharaoh throughout the article.