A: Kent Weeks Responds:
We know something about the lives of (Rameses' successors) Khaemwese and Merenptah, but the processional lists indicate Rameses II had at least 30 more sons and 30 daughters. Until the Theban Mapping Project discovered in 1995 that there was decoration on the walls of more than 100 chambers in KV 5, we knew little about Rameses II's children. Now, perhaps we can look forward to putting some flesh on the bones of the sons of Rameses II. Certainly one of the most interesting and important is the firstborn son, Amun-her-khepeshef.

The late Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas argued that KV 5 was "the tomb of the royal children" mentioned in the Turin Papyrus, and that KV 5 belonged to royal sons. We now know that she was correct.

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