Pharaoh Ramesses.

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 In 1974, the mummified body of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II was sent on a flight to Paris for preservation and maintenance work.

Since French law required every person, living or dead, to fly with a valid passport, Egypt had to issue a passport to the Pharaoh, 3,000 years after his death.

It's true that Pharaoh Ramesses II was required to have a passport 3,000 years after his death. The mummy was transported to Paris for restoration and he was issued a valid Egyptian passport. However, the image featured in viral posts and presented as an image of that passport is an illustration. The actual passport is not publicly available.

Archaeologists eating lunch in the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI, 1923




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