Pharaohs

The Pharaoh is term that denotes monarch of ancient Egypt. The title is derived from word pr ꜥꜣ that initially was used as description of Royal Palace as an institution. The phrase was adapted as epitepth of monarch from Eighteenth Dynasty onwards, and is retroactively used by historians towards all ancient Egyptian rulers in their own right from the First Dynasty of Egypt until Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE. The earliest confirmed instance of the title used contemporaneously for a ruler is a letter to Akhenaten, possibly preceded by an inscription referring to Thutmose III.