Seti I's King List at Abydos runs from Menes (1st dynasty) to Seti I himself. Conspicuously absent: Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, and other Amarna period rulers deemed heretics. Their erasure was deliberate 🏛️
Seti I's L-shaped temple at Abydos (Troad) built around 1300 BCE
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Key facts
- Seti I ruled early in the 19th Dynasty around 1300 BCE
- Temple built mostly of limestone with some sandstone
- Seti I died before completion; his son Ramesses II finished it
- Ramesses II used deeper sunken reliefs versus Seti's raised reliefs
- Unusual L-shaped layout with a substantial southern wing
- Contains seven parallel chapels dedicated to Ptah, Ra-Horakhty, Amun-Ra, Osiris, Isis, Horus, and Seti himself
- Southern wing contained slaughter court, storage rooms, and corridors for sacred barks
Site mentioned
Sources
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