19 Oct 2018
Ramesses II’s 1976 Passport
Bureaucracy, Egypt, Passports, Ramasses II
Pharaoh Ramesses II’s Egyptian passport, issued in 1974 for passage to France nearly three millennia after his death.
In order to leave the country, Egypt required anyone leaving the country, living or dead, to have the proper papers. Seemingly the first mummy to receive one, Ramesses had his occupation listed as “King (deceased).â€
I bet the Pharoah would say that the Adninistrative State has really gotten out of control in the 3000 years since his death.