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Q & A with the Egyptologist: Kent Weeks
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The Skull

Q: Could this skull actually be that of Amun-her-khepeshef, the firstborn son of the legendary pharaoh Rameses?

A: Kent Weeks Responds:
When I read the broken inscription that said "Amun-her," (which Weeks found in a chamber in KV 5 in the Valley of the Kings) I realized this must be the tomb of Amun-her-khepeshef, Rameses' eldest son. And then we really knew we were on to something, because the team had now found proof for just whom the tomb had been built.

A few days later, in the dim torchlight of Chamber 2, we discovered a pit and, in it, ancient human remains. It was a human skull. Obviously a very ancient one ingrained with dirt. Part of its jaw was missing, but the shape matched those I'd seen on the pharaohs before ... so I thought this must be it. I'm quite possibly holding the 3,000-year-old skull of Rameses' son and heir.

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