Khaemwaset Forever with Dr. Campbell Price

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt & Sudan at Manchester Museum. Enthusiasts will know him from the books Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries and Golden Mummies of Egypt. Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period. You may have seen or heard him on History Hit’s The Ancients, a variety of documentaries, and this podcast! Today, Campbell joins the show once more to talk about KHA-EM-WASET. The fourth son of Ramesses II, renowned priest and conservator of ancient monuments... and fairytale hero in later ages. Campbell Price: Academia.edu. Liverpool University. Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries (2025) via Egypt Exploration Society. Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period (2023) via Google Books. Dr. Price’s non-Egyptology reading recommendation: Lucy Fulford, The Exiled (2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/lucy-fulford/the-exiled/9781399711210 Music by Keith Zizza, used with artist's permission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.6	Hello everyone, and welcome to a History of Egypt podcast interview.
0:25.0	My guest today is Dr. Campbell Price.
0:28.0	Dr. Price is curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum in the UK, a position he's held
0:34.2	since 2011.
0:36.3	Enthusiasts will know Campbell from his books,
0:38.4	Ancient Egypt and 50 Discoveries, and Golden Mammies of Egypt,
0:42.9	interpreting identities from the Greco-Roman period.
0:46.5	You may have seen or heard Campbell on history hits The Ancients,
0:49.8	a variety of documentaries, and this podcast.
0:53.4	A few years back, Dr. Price sat down with us to talk about
0:56.5	statues and their afterlives, how folks of the New Kingdom tried to create a lasting legacy.
1:03.4	Today, Campbell joins the show once more to discuss K. M. Wasset, the fourth son of Remusseus the
1:10.0	second, renowned priest and conservator of ancient monuments,
1:14.5	and fairy tale hero in later ages. I hope you enjoy.
1:19.3	Hello, Dr. Price, Campbell. Welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast for your second interview.
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