Who were the pharaohs? A history of their names with a list of Cartouches-English, author Stephen Quirke.

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In ancient Egypt the name did not merely label a person or thing, it formed a profound element of identity itself. Names of kings earned particular force, because the king of Egypt acted as earthly counterpart to the sun-god. At his accession to the throne Pharaoh took five fixed titles to express his divine power. One of these titles introduced the name he had held from birth, while the other four titles stood with four names newly composed for the royal coronation. With the help of ancient hieroglyphic texts and recent research, this book traces the evolution of the royal names from their genesis at the dawn of Egyptian writing c.3000 B.C. across Pharaonic history, to their last use under the Roman Emperors who ruled and built in Egypt. An extensive list of the royal names concludes the book, giving the principal cartouches for all the major kings of Egypt and a selection of less well-known Pharaohs. Publisher Dover Publications, auther Stephen Quirke, pages = 80, illustrations 40 b/w, 250 cartouches, cover paper, ISBN 486265862.