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To: TigerLikesRooster
"Neferhotep was one of the few pharaohs whose name did not invoke the sun god, Re."

My #2 dog is named Ra after the sun god.

8 posted on 06/04/2005 9:23:13 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
My #2 dog is named Ra after the sun god.

My #12 dog is named mohammed after the...

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... never mind ...

13 posted on 06/04/2005 10:13:10 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Before)
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To: blam
Neferhotep was one of the few pharaohs whose name did not invoke the sun god, Re.

I'll definitely be checking Quirke on that statement by the author of the article. Smells suspiciously of BS. It's an odd statement to make, in any case. The fivefold titulary (the pharaohs had five official names) was established during the Old Kingdom, and seldom did it go unused thereafter. (':

Dog named Ra? Not Ra-uff? ;')
39 posted on 06/05/2005 3:46:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
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