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Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre , and the father of Ramesses II .
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.
Egypt's attempts to regain the territory lost during the rule of Akhenaten continued to be futile until under the leadership of Seti I, the father of Ramesses II, significant gains started to be made. In his own Kadesh-Amurru campaign against the Hittite armies, Seti I vanquished his foes at a battle near Kadesh, but the gains proved short ...
Seti was served at court by Chancellor Bay, who was originally just a 'royal scribe' but quickly became one of the most powerful men in Egypt, gaining the unprecedented privilege of constructing his own tomb in the Valley of the Kings . Both Bay and Seti's chief wife, Twosret, had a sinister reputation in Ancient Egyptian folklore. [3]
Seti or Suti was an ancient Egyptian soldier during the late 18th Dynasty (14th century BCE), the commander of the army, later mentioned as vizier on monuments of his son, Pharaoh Ramesses I. [1] Seti, the forefather of the 19th Dynasty , was from a military family in the Nile Delta .
On the western wall of the second hypostyle hall in the Temple of Seti I in Abydos is a relief of Seti I, in which Seti kneels with the two-feather crown during his coronation before Amun-Re, to be appointed the rightful king of Egypt. Seti holds a Rekhyt lapwing in his left hand as a sign that all people in Egypt are under his rule.
The tomb of Seti I, also known by its tomb number, KV17, is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I of the Nineteenth Dynasty. Located in Egypt 's Valley of the Kings , It is also known by the names "Belzoni's tomb", "the Tomb of Apis", and "the Tomb of Psammis, son of Nechois".
Sethos is the name used in ancient Greek historiography for several Egyptian pharaohs: Seti I (1290–1279 BC), 19th dynasty; Seti II (1200/1199–1194/1193), 19th dynasty; Shebitku (714–705 BC), 25th dynasty; It may also refer to either of two temples of Sethos: Mortuary Temple of Seti I at Qurna; Memorial Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt