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Egyptian per-aa: originally the royal palace and its estate, by the New Kingdom a respectful circumlocution for the living king himself — a way to name the monarch without naming him, and the direct origin of the modern word "pharaoh." In the series it is how Horemheb addresses Tutankhamun.
Mystery novels of ancient Egypt, built on the scholarship of the Amarna period. Published by The WordFish Group GmbH, Basel.
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