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Intended for the ordinary person who is interested in the monuments and artefacts of ancient Egypt, but has no knowledge of hieroglyphs. It is designed to allow them to read the names of the Pharaoh in a cartouche, and discover his Throne name, Personal name, dynasty and when he ruled.when he ruled. The system use takes the skill out of reading the name in a cartouche by replacing knowledge of the language and its rules by the use of a simple look-up and cross-referencing system. The only real skill required is to be able to identify the glyphs in the cartouche under examination with the ones in the lists contained herein.