| In 1923, the world was fascinated with news of the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. |
| The pharaoh concluded that Phrygian, an older language spoken in a part of what is modern Turkey, must be the original language. |
| The pharaoh sat in the larger throne in-layed with many semi-precious jewels and minerals. |
| The pharaoh was a sacrosanct monarch who served as the intermediary between the gods and man. |
| It created a fascination for Egyptology and for a pharaoh who died as a teenager. |
| Many provincial nomarchs built extravagant temples, trying to connect their power to the pharaoh. |
