Seti I positioned himself as restorer of Egyptian kingship. 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
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 🏛️
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
Related site: Osiris Temple, Abydos. — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: Exploring the TOMB of OSIRIS by World of Antiquity