Transcription: Names of Pharaohs For a long time people could not read hieroglyphs. However, they could read the Greek histories of ancient Egypt. As a result, people used Greek names to talk about the pharaohs. Now that we can read hieroglyphs, we know what the Egyptians called their pharaohs. In hieroglyphs, royal names are written with hieroglyphs inside an oval called a cartouche. If you decide to read about a pharaoh, you might find his name spelled in several different ways. You may see the Greek name or the Egyptian name. You may even see the same Greek or Egyptian name spelled in several different wa ...
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