what were pharaohs
Pharaoh, (from Egyptian per Ê¿aa, âgreat houseâ), originally, the royal palace in ancient Egypt. The word came to be used metonymically for the Egyptian king under the New Kingdom (starting in the 18th dynasty, 1539â1292 bce), and by the 22nd dynasty (c. 945âc. 730 bce) it had been adopted as an epithet of respect.