Pharaoh was the religious and political leader of ancient Egypt. Pharaoh, meaning "Great House", originally referred to the king's palace. The pharaohs were later considered the incarnations of the deity Horus in life and in death, Osiris as ruler of the underworld. Pharaohs were intermediaries between Osirisand human beings.

The matriarchal royal lineage of Egypt determined the right to rule. The royal women played important roles in the religious rituals and governance of the country. Foreign invaders married royal Egyptian queens and princesses to become recognized as rulers.

Many associate the Black Madonna cult as a derivative of Isis/ Horus cult.

King Tut Ankh Amun Wi

After the death of his presumed father, Akhenaten who abandoned traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the one true god, Aten, the old Egyptian religion was restored. Ay and Horemheb held the reins of power during Tutankhamun's youthful kingship.

Tut died at the early age of 19 - questions of murder surround his demise. In his short lifetime, he built no monument. Much of the wealth in his tomb was not his, but gifts.

After the young king's death, Horemheb obliterated work performed in King Tut's name, by usurping inscriptions with his own name. Most traces of Akhenaten andTut's names were erased. When Howard Carter discovered Tut's tomb undisturbed, history was rewritten.