| Khaemwaset | ||||||
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| Prince | ||||||
 Khaemwaset (right) with his father Ramesses III. | ||||||
| Egyptian name |
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| Dynasty | 20th Dynasty | |||||
| Pharaoh | Ramesses III, Ramesses IV | |||||
| Burial | QV44 | |||||
| Father | Ramesses III | |||||
Khaemwaset or Khaemwase was an ancient Egyptian prince, a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III. His name can also be found as Ramesses Khaemwaset. [1]
Like many of his brothers, he was named after a son of Ramesses II, Khaemwaset, and like the 19th dynasty Khaemwaset, he was a priest of Ptah in Memphis (though, unlike his namesake, not the high priest, only a sem-priest). [2] He is depicted in his father's temple at Medinet Habu. [1] Both Khaemwaset and his brother Pareherwenemef are mentioned as Eldest King's Son, which probably means that they were firstborn sons of different mothers. [3]
His well preserved tomb, QV44 (in the Valley of the Queens) was excavated by Italian archaeologists in 1903-1904. [4] A canopic jar of his is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo; his sarcophagus and probable mummy is in the Museo Egizio Turin. [5] He outlived his father and was buried under the reign of his brother Ramesses IV, since the text on the sarcophagus mentions Ramesses IV. [4]
