Seti I came after Akhenaten's reforms and presented himself as restorer of traditional kingship. At Abydos, he aligned himself with Egypt's earliest kings 🏛️
Seti I positioned himself as restorer of Egyptian kingship
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Key facts
- Seti I ruled early in the 19th Dynasty after Akhenaten's radical religious reforms
- He presented himself consistently as a restorer of proper cult practice
- Inscriptions emphasize reestablishment of traditional religious practices and temple repairs
- By building at Abydos (Troad), Seti aligned himself with origins of Egyptian kingship
- He wanted to connect to earliest kings and present his lineage as continuous and orthodox
- The temple above ground organized Egypt's past; the Osirion below went back to mythical time
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