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Ramesses II was issued a passport in order to be able to travel to France in 1974.
1974年，为了能够前往法国，拉美西斯二世被签发了护照。
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I read about this today and honestly, it was both funny and mind-blowing to me.
我今天读到了这件事，老实说，这对我来说既有趣又令人振奋。
The Egyptologists had fears that the mummy is deteriorating and wanted to send it to France for examining but apparently the Egyptian law didn't allow even deceased people to leave the country without any documentation. So this became the first passport of a mummy!
埃及学家担心木乃伊的保存情况正在恶化，想把它送到法国检查，但显然埃及法律甚至不允许死者在没有证件的情况下离开埃及。因此，这成了木乃伊的第一本护照！
Another reason is that a passport established a legal reference and guarantees the Egyptian right to demand the return of the mummy if France decided to hold on to it.
另一个原因是，护照为法律保障提供了参考。即如果法国想要留下木乃伊，那么埃及有权要求归还木乃伊。
The picture above is not from the actual passport but is an illustration of what it would have looked like.
上图并非来自实际护照，而是说明它的样子。