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Despite his well-known name, Ramesses V was not a well-documented pharaoh. He ruled only for a few years; his only attestations are a few small objects with his name found in the Sinai and Western Asia. We have a few papyri from his reign that describe cases of corruption in he government and general economic affairs. He wasn't a very good administrators and despite keeping open avenues of foreign trade, he did little else that was memorable. Ramesses V died of smallpox at the age of 35 or so, based on an examination of his mummy. THe mummy -- like many others of this dynasty -- was found in eh royal cache in KV 35 and now rests in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. His tomb, KV 9, was usurped by Ramesses VI. It has been suggested that he started a tomb in the Biban el-Moluk area, but this was unfinished. |
pharaohsSethnakht monumentsTomb KV 9, Valley of the Kings |
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