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  Specificity – Kings and Pharaohs   A remarkable discovery in the Quran involves the historical accuracy of the title of ancient Egyptian kings and the exactitude of phraseology vis-à-vis Egyptology and the antiquated languages. From an historical perspective, Hieroglyphic had gradually become extinct in Egypt around the fourth century C.E. Research into Egyptian hieroglyphs was somewhat revived following the 1799 discovery of a slab with inscriptions at Rosetta (Rashid) in the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, Egypt. Historical analyses of events in Egypt reveal that during the time of Joseph and the era of Moses, there were distinctive terminologies for the rulers of Egypt. Pharaoh was not the formal title for Egypt's king. In describing the Pharaoh epithet, the Encyclopedia Britannica states the following: Pharaoh, (from Egyptian per'aa, "great house"), originally, the royal palace in ancient Egypt. The word came to be used metonymically for the Egyptian king under