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Seti II (or Sethos II) was the fifth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and reigned from c. 1203 BC to 1197 BC. [1] His throne name, Userkheperure Setepenre, means "Powerful are the manifestations of Re, the chosen one of Re." [4] He was the son of Merneptah and Isetnofret II and occupied the throne during a period known for dynastic intrigue and short reigns, and his rule was no ...
Amenmesse or possibly Siptah may have been responsible for the erasure, while Twosret may have had Seti's name restored. [1] Seti's mummy was later moved to the mummy cache in tomb KV35; only the lid of his sarcophagus remains in KV15. [2] KV15 is known to have been opened in antiquity, as there are 59 examples of Greek and Latin graffiti on ...
The end of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt is a period of short-reigning rulers c. 1203–1187 BC.After the death of Merneptah, there was a conflict for the throne between Seti II and Amenmesse, which eventually resulted in the victory of Seti II.
Other blocks of the tomb were found reused in Mit Rahina (the site of the ancient town Memphis). [2] Finally, he is known from a block statue that is today in the Louvre (inventory no. A 71 [N.72]). On the shoulders of the statue appears the name of king Seti II, providing a date for this official. [3]
The first finds were pottery and alabaster jars, both whole and fragmented, some of which bore the cartouches of Seti II and Ramesses II. Near the west wall, 6.5 inches (17 cm) from the floor, he encountered a layer of gold leaf and stucco 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) thick covering an area of 4 square feet (0.37 m 2 ).
The ancient structure serves as the cinematic resting place of the Holy Grail in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Tomb KV14 is a joint tomb, used originally by Twosret and then reused and extended by Setnakhte. It has been open since antiquity , but was not properly recorded until Hartwig Altenmüller excavated it from 1983 to 1987.
Currently, the head of the Chicago Fire Department is appointed by the mayor of Chicago, and confirmed by the Chicago City Council. Originally, the leader of the Chicago Fire Department was known as chief engineer. This position was created by an ordinance passed by the then-village of Chicago's board of trustees in November 1835.