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4.05.2010

Roman Emperor Octavian Augustus Named as Egyptian Pharaoh on Philae Victory Stele

A new translation of a Roman victory stele, erected in April 29 BC, shows Octavian Augustus’s name inscribed in a cartouche (an oblong enclosure that surrounds a pharaoh’s name) – an honour normally reserved for an Egyptian pharaoh.

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