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Out of the ancient Egyptian past, more survived than just hieroglyphs and monuments.

A mythology also survived, as recorded by Manitou, and attested by countless inscriptions

that, while unreadable for more than a thousand years, would eventually be accessible again

thanks to the Rosetta Stone.

But in the Hellenistic period, Greco-Egyptian storytelling took the figures of Egypt's past

and created a new mythology.

One such story from the 4th century BCE survives in manuscripts likely copied during the

Ptolemaic period and tells the story of a prince named Setna, son of Pharaoh Ramesses II,

who sought secret knowledge within ancient Egyptian tombs, kind of like the first Indiana Jones.

Indeed, there does appear to have been some historical basis for the tale, as Kemwaset, son of Ramesses

the Great, was known for restoring monuments and temples

and for entering tombs to learn what he could of the inscriptions therein.

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