Question

Which of the following statements best describes the pharaohs?

a. the pharaohs were the elected rulers of egypt.
b. the pharaohs were the chief engineers of egypt.
c. the pharaohs were kings who were also worshipped as gods.
d. the pharaohs led a politically divided civilization

Answer 1

Which of the following statements best describes the pharaohs?

c. the pharaohs were kings who were also worshipped as gods.

Answer 2

The correct option is C

Pharaoh was the title given to the king in Ancient Egypt. For the ancient Egyptians the first pharaoh was Narmer, called Menes by Manetho, who ruled about 3050 BC. C. The last Pharaoh was a woman: Cleopatra VII, of Hellenic descent, who reigned from the year 51 to 30 a. C. The pharaohs were considered almost divine beings during the first dynasties and were identified with the god Horus. From the V dynasty they were also "sons of the god Ra". Normally they were not deified in life. It was after his death when the pharaoh merged with the deity Osiris and acquired immortality and a divine category, being then venerated as one more god in the temples.