Dr. Campbell Price

And in that role, he is very aware of the sacred landscape, which is, you know,

littered with massive pyramids but to a son of Ramesses II to go out into the desert and to see not that far into the desert still visible from the flood plain but to see a monument that's so vast so impressive so pristine without any hieroglyphs on it telling you who the king is this seems crazy the son of a megalomaniac like Ramesses II so he goes along and inscribes

very deep elaborate inscriptions what have been called by one great Scottish Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen as the largest museum label in the world telling future generations this is the pyramid of Khufu this is the pyramid of Unas this is the pyramid of Djoser

And I, Prince Kawamwasa, have restored the name of this king because it was not found on the surface of his monument.

And I'm the son of the great King Ramesses II.

So Ramesses II gets his name put on all of these ancient monuments.

Oh, I would... Difficult to say based on the evidence as it survives.

Prince Khayyam Wasit is interesting because he helps organise his father's Heb Sed Jubilee festivals.

And so he is often shown in association with the father.

So in a cynical way, it's a great way for Karen Wassett, who maybe thinks his dad's going to live forever, and best to make the most of his lot.

Now, it's not a million miles away from the Prince of Wales, thinking, as Charles, Prince of Wales did, I've got to make the most of this because it's what I'm going to be doing for most of my life.

But whether Cain was expected to be the next pharaoh is difficult to say.

As I said, I mean, obviously, if someone dies, that removes them from the line of succession.

But I think there had to be very careful...

Yeah, careful planning for a smooth transition of power.

And I think the best evidence that Rameses liked one of his sons was that he would designate him as the heir.

So eventually the heir, Merimptah, must have been favoured.

Yeah, I think those must be, as far as we know, the ones that are inscribed or identified by inscription, they are the more senior ones.

And you wonder, because he lived so long...

of whether some of those had already died.