Ramses the Great's Prince Khaemwaset: Scholar, Magician, Archaeologist

Ramses the Great: Egypt's Most Powerful Pharaoh — Fexingo History · Jul 23, 2026 · 9m · transcript

By the time Ramses the Great was in his forties, he had a son who was far more interested in temples than battles. Prince Khaemwaset, the fourth son of the king, became the High Priest of Ptah in Memphis and used that position to restore the pyramids and tombs of Egypt’s ancient past—monuments already over a thousand years old. He earned the title "The First Egyptologist" from modern historians. But in his own time, he was known as a magician, a healer, and the author of the Serapeum inscriptions. This episode explores his restoration projects at Giza and Saqqara, his role in the Heb Sed…