Royal Inscriptions provide most sources of the ancient Egyptian history. Through them the chronology and royal deeds can be known by the audience. There are different genres which can be regarded as royal inscriptions: labels, annals, decrees, novels and self-praises. Additionally, royal inscriptions reflect the royal ideology. The phraseology of royal inscriptions uses diverse figurative language to present the king and his relationships to the gods, people and enemies. This paper will focus firstly on the use and development of the genres and then the special phraseology of royal inscriptions which reflect its royal ideology.