Amun-her-khepeshef (20th dynasty)

Amun-her-khepeshef
Amunherkhepeshef from his tomb QV55
Bornc.12th century BC
Burial
QV55, Valley of the Queens, Thebes
Egyptian name


Dynasty20th of Egypt
FatherPharaoh Ramesses III
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion


Amun-her-khepeshef
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Amun-her-khepeshef (also Amun-her-khepeshef B) was the eldest son and appointed heir of Pharaoh Ramesses III. Like at least another of his brothers, he was named after a son of Ramesses II, Amun-her-khepeshef. He died when he was about fifteen years old.

He is also mentioned as Ramesses Amun-her-khepeshef. He is not identical with his brother Ramesses VI, who was also called Amun-her-khepeshef before he became pharaoh.

He is depicted in his father's temple at Medinet Habu. His well preserved tomb, QV55 (in the Valley of the Queens) was excavated by Italian archaeologists in 1903–1904.