April
05
/ 2025
A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission, composed of experts from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, France’s National Center for Scientific Research, and Sorbonne University, has made some remarkable discoveries at the Ramesseum, the grand mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II, located on the West Bank of Luxor in the Theban Necropolis. The most notable finds are artifacts showing that the temple was the site of a special type of school known as a Per Ankh, or “House of Life,” where the children of aristocrats were trained to fill roles as government functionaries. Built during the incredibly long and productive reign of Ramesses II (1279 to 1213 BC)—also known as Ramesses the Great—the Ramesseum was much more than a funerary monument. It
