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Ramses the Great's Son Khaemwaset: The First Egyptologist
Ramses the Great's fourth son, Khaemwaset, was no mere prince. As High Priest of Ptah in Memphis, he oversaw the Serapeum and the burial of Apis bulls, but his true passion was Egypt's past. This episode dives into Khaemwaset's restorations of ancient monuments—like the Step Pyramid of Djoser and the pyramids of Unas and Userkaf—earning him the title 'the first Egyptologist.' We explore his inscriptions, his role in the Saqqara necropolis, his literary fame as a magician-sage in later Egyptian stories, and how his work reflected Ramses II's own obsession with…
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