private revival of the pharaoh ahkmenrah of the night at the museum trilogy .
brought back to life in 2017 , and risen anew in december 2020 . #4THKING

# 1 . a private and selective account for the ancient egyptian mummy ahkmenrah depicted in shawn levy's night at the museum trilogy ( night at the museum , battle of the smithsonian , secret of the tomb ) . i do not own the character , nor do i own content from the film . however , all historical placing , background , and imagery belong to me, and should not be copied . the graphics on this blog belong to me , and the psd does not . kathleen , 23 , she / her , art student and egyptology enthusiast . that woman with the name of ramesses the great tattooed on her arm .

# 2 . this account is private , thus i will be interacting solely with those i follow or follow back . it can take me upwards of a week to have a moment to look at recent followers . standard interaction etiquette applies . plotting is preferred , and crossovers are encouraged ! i format my posts and use icons , but you are not required to do either of these things with your replies . should you have any ideas of how our characters might interact , you are most welcome to pop into my i.m.s and relate to me your thoughts . accounts that i follow are accounts i intend to roleplay with , and i usually have at least an idea or two . i will not interact with those under the age of eighteen . this account will contain dark themes such as death and resurrection , murder , dead bodies , and other such content . i do my best to tag what is asked of me . i will not follow accounts that i deem to be unsavory . i reserve the right to soft - block at any moment .

# 3 . please note that your character should not immediately discover or recognize that the happenings at the museum are because of the magic of the tablet . as far as the public is aware , the night program consists of animatronics and hired actors to perform as the historical figures . ahkmenrah also has a twitter account under the handle " ahkmenrocks " , and if your character uses twitter , they may be keeping up with his tweets . while the handle is currently taken on twitter , i occasionally post graphics related to ahkmenrah's tweets . threads can happen over the entirety of the trilogy , as well as before and after ; keep in mind that, after the third , ahkmenrah is no longer in new york , but the united kingdom . multiple pairings may happen on this account , but it is single - ship in terms of character , meaning while i may interact with multiples of that character , i will only pair ahkmenrah romantically with single portrayals .

# 4 . do you write an ancient egyptian themed character ? do you want to ? please be aware of the ethnicity of who was cast in the role originally before you use them . one example is the mummy and the mummy returns ; neither imhotep's nor anck - su - namun's actors are egyptian ( imhotep's actor is white , and anck - su - namun's actress is indigenous ) . i do not condone, nor will i interact with accounts that white-wash or use ethnicities interchangeably in a harmful manner ( such as using boo boo stewart to portray an arab character ) . i do not condone , nor will i interact with accounts that perpetuate the ancient alien theory , especially as it pertains to egyptology . anti - ancient aliens . this is a harmful and racist study that is the cause for much destruction upon archaeological sites , as well as to the history itself . ancient aliens is racist . read more about it here . all accounts perpetuating a story where aliens interact with ancient egypt and the ancient egyptian people will be hard - blocked . it does not matter the context of the narrative , whether it is from some fictional comic or movie ; it is still racist and will not be tolerated .

# 5 . while i am learning and reading as much as i can , i am not a university - taught egyptologist , nor do i always have things right no matter how thoroughly i research . if you see something incorrect , please feel welcome to tell me . my interpretation of ahkmenrah comes from the movies , the novelizations , the first drafted battle of the smithsonian script , snippets from the first drafted secret of the tomb script , and real ancient egyptian history . the magic of the tablet is rather inconsistent across these sources . i have provided a detailed explanation of the tablet within his history . if there is anything about the tablet that you wish to know , ask me . ahkmenrah ' s timeline is available as well .

# 6 . i am an art student with a portfolio that tends to contain depictions of ancient egypt and ramesses the great . the classes i am taking can be demanding , and i cannot promise that i will always be swift here . attaining a good grade in these classes takes priority , and i appreciate those who are patient when i have to step back a moment and catch up on my work . you can follow me on instagram at ramessestheii .

title : ahkmenrah . full title : horus , the most divine of body , pleasing of birth , he of the two ladies , enduring in kingship like amun - ra in heaven , sacred of appearance who satisfied the gods , he of the sedge and the bee , enduring of form is ra , life of the spirit of ra . royal titles : pr - a'a ( the great house , pharaoh ) , prince - regent , usi - ma - khonsu ( chosen of khonsu , the moon god , bestowed upon him by the pharaoh ) , usi - ma - re ( chosen of ra , the sun god , bestowed upon him by the pharaoh ) . nicknames : ahk , ahkmen ( by his step - mother ) , golden one .

birth date : september 14th , 1105 B . C . E . death date : september 14th , 1081 B . C . E . resurrected date : september , 1938 C . E . age : twenty - four years - old ( physically ) , 3,125 ( since birth ) . gender : male . he , him . they , them . ethnicity : egyptian . religion : kemetic pagan . orientation : demisexual , demiromantic . languages : ancient egyptian , aramaic , english , egyptian - arabic . speaking : higher in pitch , with a british accent , when conversing in english . lower , deeper pitch , half - guttural , when speaking ancient egyptian . height : five foot four ( 162 centimeters ) .

build : he turns brown with the full moon , slight of form , slender , lithe arms and soft pectorals atop a flat chest and stomach . the flesh is centered around his thighs . pierced ears . scattered about his skin like flecks of moonlight are marks like crescents , paler than the rest of his color , and he does not know from whence they came ( that is a lie , for he does ) . hair : black as an egyptian night with no stars in the sky , curly atop his head , no longer growing . dense and soft , with a touch of slickness from lingering oil . eyes : hazel in color , flecks of brown and gold that fan out from the pupil and melt into some indistinguishable hue . odor : faintly of wine , sweet in a way that hurts the nostrils if breathed in too deeply , and various embalming oils forever soaked into his very being . thyme , palm leaves , and lingering death that unsettles the stomach if one stands beside him for too long . disposition : a distant , nocturne air . subdued curiosity , dismissive of being told what to do . he smiles with little provocation , instances when he should not smile . dark humor , thousands of years out of date , and looked down upon . he is amused listening in on others , perpetual smiles at overhead conversations while sipping his drink . enjoys being included , though with a tendency to be found by himself . helpful , but blunt . he does not like small , dark spaces . manner of death : caught and stabbed over 40 times , spread out on his front and his back .

parents : merenkahre ( father , pharaoh , deceased ) ; iset ( birth - mother , deceased ) ; shepseheret ( step - mother , royal - wife , deceased ) . sibling : kahmunrah ( step - brother , deceased , then resurrected ) . betrothed , promised wife : itekuyet ( noble's daughter , deceased ) .

a warm night in memphis, egypt is filled with the wailing of iset , one of the many lesser wives of pharaoh merenkahre . she brings forth a son for her pharaoh before , with her last breath , she is called away to the land of the dead . the child is silent , and the women fear that the pharaoh's second son has been called away as well . merenkahre , upon entering the chambers and hearing not a single cry , feels disappointment ; he already has one son , his first - born kahmunrah by his queen wife , but more sons would ensure that his line would continue . exaltations of happiness are suddenly heard , for the child gave a soft , weary coo as the moon , at the crest of its journey through the night sky , shone down through the draping linen upon his delicate face . it was declared a blessing from the gods that the second son had been returned to the pharaoh , and the divine child was placed into the arms of the queen wife , shepseheret , who declared him as much her son as her first - born . when the child showed that he would grow strong , he was given the name ahkmenrah , for he is filled with the life of the spirit of ra . merenkahre had longed to honor khonsu , the god of the moon , for ahkmenrah's living spirit , but the priesthood of amun - ra was rising in power , rivaling with the pharaoh's , and merenkahre chose a name that might secure the favor of his subjects . wary of the threatening priesthood , and fearing for his house , merenkahre had forged a golden tablet in the god khonsu's name , imploring for a magic that would not let death separate them , nor claim them entirely . merenkahre guarded closely the secrets of the tablet , telling precious little of it to his sons .ahkmenrah was named successor to the throne despite being second son to the first - born , kahmunrah . merenkahre had many a disturbing dream over kahmunrah , and with these visions in mind , saw fit to choose ahkmenrah . kahmunrah would never forget this betrayal by his own father , having the kingship that he considered to be rightfully his taken away by his lesser half - brother . instead , kahmunrah was elevated to the position of high priest and vizier to the pharaoh .ahkmenrah and kahmunrah had a precarious relationship from the beginning . kahmunrah sought to undermine ahkmenrah at every turn , telling him lies and keeping a veiled pretense of brotherly advice . he hoped to make his younger brother , the favorite son , grow up feeble and unsure , but ahkmenrah's reserved and regal mien remained . it was inside of him that all the things kahmunrah said to him rotted , separating him from others , save for one friend whom he loved dearly ; the daughter of a noble , itekuyet . while the love he had for her did not become amorous , she was the one person that ahkmenrah felt he could trust besides his step - mother , shepseheret . youthfulness had ahkmenrah's distrust of kahmunrah not as strong as it should be .pharaoh merenkahre passed on months after giving ahkmenrah the title of prince - regent . ahkmenrah , aged fifteen , sat upon the throne of the kingdom of egypt . the greatness of egypt was ending ; disputes and treachery within her borders and outside of them aided in her decline . kahmunrah schemed with the priesthood of amun - ra behind ahkmenrah's back . ever did he seek to take the golden tablet from his half - brother and , with the magic of the priests combined with that of the tablet ' s , call forth an army that would place him on the throne . shepseheret gradually feared more and more for her adopted son's life , and itekuyet strived to look out for her cunning but naïve childhood friend . ahkmenrah held egypt united for the entirety of his reign , 'til he was murdered by kahmunrah in the night , hand covering his mouth and dragged to his bed to be stabbed 'til he no longer drew breath . shepseheret found ahkmenrah that morning , slashed to pieces . never had there been heard before such a scream of grief . itekuyet wept , for she and ahkmenrah had been promised to join in union that day , and she would have been queen by his side to look out for him .kahmunrah became pharaoh of egypt . shepseheret passed soon after , and she , merenkahre , and ahkmenrah were placed in the temple built by order of ahkmenrah . kahmunrah commanded it to be buried by the sands . in secret , with the priesthood of khonsu , itekuyet , now queen to kahmunrah , mounted the magical tablet inside of the temple , hidden from kahmunrah , who raged at its disappearance . he never found it , and the temple was soon naught but a sand - dune upon the desert by the pyramids .in 1918 , robert fredericks began the search for the temple and tomb of ahkmenrah . while most traces of the pharaoh had been obliterated by his successor , kahmunrah , tales still spread of a temple complex hidden by the pyramids , where ahkmenrah , his family , and a secret magic slept . together with british , american , and egyptian archaeologists , robert excavated by the pyramids for twenty years . during that time , he found many relics and artifacts , but not the temple . it was during this time that , in the valley of the kings , howard carter discovered the tomb of tutankhamun . bolstered by this news of success , robert and his team worked fervently for a discovery of their own . during these long twenty years , robert married and had a son , though his wife passed a bit over a year afterwards . it was his son , cecil , who crashed down upon the temple of ahkmenrah , falling through the ceiling and coming upon the three sarcophaguses of the royal family , along with the golden tablet .world war ii was on the brink of its beginning . the artifacts were , per the agreement between the three countries , to be distributed amongst their respective museums , but the coming war put a halt to shipping these priceless relics . while the parents were given to be preserved in the british museum and other artifacts remained in the grand egyptian museum , robert demanded to be able to claim ahkmenrah and his tablet for the museum of natural history . during the war , ahkmenrah and his tablet were preserved at cambridge university , where it was deemed to be fairly safe from the bombing . when translating an inscription found on ahkmenrah's sarcophagus , the magic of the tablet was awakened , and ahkmenrah rose from the dead . robert kept the magic a secret , being with ahkmenrah as often as he could , teaching him english and what had changed around him since ahkmenrah had lived . the two fell in love with each other , something that robert's son , cecil , would never forgive , for it cost him the attentions of his father , and he did not trust nor like ahkmenrah .robert passed from a sickness shortly before ahkmenrah and the tablet , as well as the two jackal statues and walls from the temple , were finally shipped to america to be placed in the museum of natural history in new york . cecil accompanied the shipment , and , drawn to the magic of the tablet , secured a job at the museum as the nightguard , where he worked with two other men named reginald and gus . still grudgeful and distrusting towards ahkmenrah , as well as grieving his father's too - soon death , cecil muffled and locked ahkmenrah within his sarcophagus , instructing that it was never to be opened nor disturbed . ahkmenrah's shouts and yells frightened the other exhibits , and save for some taunting towards the mummified pharaoh , not one of them strayed near the temple of ahkmenrah . ahkmenrah remained trapped night after night for fifty - four years , 'til one night , when a new security guard let him out . . .

the tablet of ahkmenrah was forged some time after the birth of ahkmenrah , commanded by pharaoh merenkahre . the task was set upon the priests of the god khonsu , god of the moon , whose light favored ahkmenrah and had given the passed newborn life's breath . seeing his second son's blessing , merenkahre became determined to keep his family from ever being taken by the west's calling . while it displeased the priesthood of amun - ra , whom had risen in power , merenkahre did not want to contribute to the influence they already held over the great house of egypt . thus , the tablet was forged in pure gold in khonsu's temple , given magical tiles that , when turned or pushed upon in a certain order , would perform spells or reveal incantations . merenkahre and the priesthood of khonsu were the only ones to know the full powers of the tablet , and merenkahre died before the spell that would keep his family whole could be chanted .ahkmenrah became pharaoh , and the tablet bearing his namesake passed to him . his father had taught him much about the tablet , but most of its secrets remained as such , and the tablet was guarded by both ahkmenrah himself and trusted members of the guard to remain protected and unused . kahmunrah had learned of the tablet from merenkahre as well , but saw the darker side of what it could accomplish . as high priest of amun - ra , he began building in secret a gate that , with the tablet ' s power , could call forth the gods of the duat .when ahkmenrah passed and the tablet seemingly disappeared , kahmunrah ' s completed gate became useless and then forgotten ( 'til found at the smithsonian museum ) .it was not 'til the spell was accidentally revealed by robert fredericks that the tablet brought ahkmenrah back to the land of the living .

the tablet is powered both by the god khonsu and by the god ra . ra , embittered that khonsu had favored a royal child that bore a name that honored him , reached out with dawn ' s rays as the night the tablet was created on passed and made it so that whomever bore the blessings of the tablet was no longer permitted to relish in his light , for he would turn them into dust . the moon would give life , and the sun would take it away . such is the nature of ma ' at , the balance of the world . it is as soon as the sun disappears from the sky and the last glows fade that the tablet awakes . it sleeps when dawn rises and the black night turns to a warm glow . it holds little power save for a quiet hum during the daytime .the tablet was , in the beginning , intended to bring to life the pharaoh ' s carved servants , called " ushabtis " , to do his bidding and tend to his wishes . ushabtis were small funerary figures made in the image of a person , often representing the deceased . upon them were written in hieroglyphs inscriptions that proclaimed their readiness to serve when summoned . it is because of ushabtis that the exhibits in the museum come to life . while some of the exhibits represent more obscure forms of a living being , they meet the the criteria set forth by ushabtis . they are representational , their materials are either skins or molded , and the placards give them their names and intentions . they are brought to life to look after ahkmenrah , though this purpose has not been revealed to them , as ahkmenrah has not told them , nor will he ( though this is the reason that he intended to assume command of his kingdom when first speaking to larry ) . what is seen as representational enough to be brought back to life depends largely on the power of belief granted that object . ushabtis were not all created perfectly , but the belief that the creator put into them gave them all life . such is the way with the exhibits , and why famous , somewhat abstract sculptures and flat artwork such as paintings or photographs come to life . the artwork on ahkmenrah ' s temple was fairly scratched up , but if shown , the artwork there would have moved as well .belief plays a powerful role in the magic of the tablet . the mummies in the british museum came back to life because they believed in kemeticism . the old nightguards felt the tablet's power giving them back their strength as they neared death because they believed in it .with that belief comes the influence of whomever holds the tablet of ahkmenrah . while ahkmenrah is the only person who can command the the entire power of the tablet , it can still be called upon by others , such as kahmunrah figuring out the combination of tiles needed to complete the spell inscribed upon his gate . it glows when it is used , light coursing through the lines and symbols , drawing power from the inscriptions and the gold itself .ma ' at is achieved both by the sources of power for the tablet and what the tablet can do . the tablet has the power to stop an exhibit from coming to life permanently and to exclude them from the magic . the tablet will undo all damage caused by the tablet itself or any of its creations . what the tablet can do , it can undo . in this manner is balance maintained . ahkmenrah is the only person who can wield these particular spells , as well as being the only person who can call upon those influenced by the magic of the tablet and command them wherever he wishes . he is gifted with a talent in languages by the tablet's power and is able to pick them up quickly because of it . however , he still has to learn it . the magic simply allows him to absorb the different tongues much more readily ( this derives from the thoth hieroglyph found on the tablet . it gives him aid in learning , but not immediate knowledge . thus , he did not actually know hunnish , and pretended ) .belief also defines that the tablet cannot do . it will not bring to life a graveyard unless that graveyard has the grave of a person who believed in kemeticism . it will not make elderly people feel stronger if they do not believe in the power of the tablet . it will not bring artwork to life that is not particularly famous or is incredibly abstract .the tablet can be combined with other forms of magic , though depending on the source of the magic and how old the spells or incantations are , the tablet is oftentimes considerably more powerful and will overtake any less - aged magic . the tablet cannot be destroyed save for by the kemetic gods and a lack of blessings from them . the pure divinity bestowed upon the tablet means that while it can be combined , it cannot be corrupted nor changed . its abilities will remain true , and it may not always cooperate with those who are not ahkmenrah .

the magic of the tablet must be replenished by the light of the moon and the power of the god khonsu . being in the presence of sunlight can have the opposite change to it ( which is why when it was hidden within the temple , or tomb , of ahkmenrah , it was placed on the darkest wall besides the sarcophaguses , out of sight and any possible sunlight ) . the more its power is used , the sooner it needs to be held up to moonlight . not being used for thousands of years meant that it did not deteriorate . however , when it began to be used much more frequently ( such as kahmunrah summoning its power to open the gate to duat ) , the power it had was rapidly sapped , as well as not receiving any moonlight in the darkness of ahkmenrah's display . should the gold of the tablet disappear entirely beneath decay , the magic will end forever . frequent moonlight keeps the tablet's magical properties in full force . khonsu shall forever grant life to ahkmenrah in the night ( the time of the deceased ) , and ra shall forever banish ahkmenrah from the light of the sun ( the time of the living ) .