Khaemwaset

E360785

ancient Egyptian prince antiquarian high priest of Ptah restorer of monuments royal scribe

Khaemwaset was an ancient Egyptian prince and high priest of Ptah, renowned for his early efforts in restoring and preserving older monuments during the reign of his father, Ramesses II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Khaemwaset canonical	10
Khaemwaset (prince)	1
Prince Khaemwaset	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian prince ⓘ antiquarian ⓘ high priest of Ptah ⓘ restorer of monuments ⓘ royal scribe ⓘ
activity	restored monuments at Giza ⓘ restored pyramids of earlier kings at Saqqara ⓘ restored temples and chapels at Abydos ⓘ
associatedDeity	Osiris ⓘ Ptah ⓘ
burialPlace	Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara tomb at Saqqara (possibly QV44 or a Memphite tomb, debated) ⓘ
civilization	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
culturalDepiction	appears in Demotic stories as Setne Khaemwaset ⓘ
dynasty	Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era	13th century BCE ⓘ reign of Ramesses II (1279–1213 BCE) ⓘ
father	Ramesses II ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	being called one of the first known Egyptologists ⓘ early interest in Egypt’s past and heritage ⓘ inscribing restoration texts on older monuments ⓘ restoration of ancient Egyptian monuments ⓘ
language	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
legacy	inspired later fictional tales about a prince Khaemwaset and magic ⓘ remembered in later tradition as a wise and learned prince ⓘ
mother	Isetnofret ⓘ
notableInscription	restoration texts naming earlier kings on their monuments ⓘ
notableProject	restoration of monuments of Khafre at Giza ⓘ restoration of monuments of Sahure and other Old Kingdom kings ⓘ restoration of the pyramid of Djoser (Step Pyramid) at Saqqara ⓘ restoration of the pyramid of Unas at Saqqara ⓘ
notableRole	helped preserve names of Old Kingdom rulers through his inscriptions ⓘ
positionHeld	High Priest of Ptah in Memphis ⓘ Royal Prince of Egypt ⓘ Sem-priest of Ptah ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
sibling	Bintanath ⓘ Isetnofret ⓘ surface form: Isetnofret II Merneptah ⓘ Ramesses (son of Ramesses II and Isetnofret) ⓘ surface form: Ramesses (prince, son of Ramesses II and Isetnofret)
timePeriod	Egypt under Ramesses II ⓘ surface form: reign of Ramesses II
title	Chief of Artisans and Craftsmen ⓘ Chief of Seers ⓘ Hereditary Prince ⓘ King’s Son ⓘ
workLocation	Abydos ⓘ Giza ⓘ Memphis ⓘ Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramesses II → child → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Ramesses II with royal family → featuresFigure → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Ramesses III → child → Khaemwaset ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khaemwaset (prince)

Bintanath → sibling → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Meritamen → hasSiblings → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Meryatum → sibling → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Isetnofret → motherOf → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Isetnofret → hasChild → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Isetnofret → notableRelative → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Amun-her-khepeshef → siblingOf → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Tomb of Khaemwaset → burialPlaceOf → Khaemwaset ⓘ

Tomb of Khaemwaset → dedicatedTo → Khaemwaset ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prince Khaemwaset