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Thru mistransliterations the word Pharaoh is incorrect. The correct term for the Rulers of Ancient Kemet is Suten. This is what our ancient family called themselves.
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Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt
Amid the convulsions in the years following the Arab Spring, Peter Hessler went to the ancient city of Amarna, site of another short-lived attempt to remake a nation
For a couple of years, I had researched archaeological digs in Upper Egypt, and now I made trips alone in the car. Then I reached Fustat, where, more than 1,000 years ago, Arab invaders founded the capital that eventually grew to become Cairo...
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Main image: Amarna in Egypt. Photograph: Danita Delimont/Alamy
Hessler’s wife, Leslie, and their daughters visiting the Red Pyramid. Photograph: Peter Hessler