Seti I's tomb contains the longest passage in the Valley of the Kings at ~137 meters. Its walls display the Amduat, Book of Gates, and Litany of Ra—texts serving as 'operating instructions' for the king's afterlife rebirth. Discovered 1817 by Giovanni Belzoni. ⭐🐂
Seti I's tomb features 137-meter corridor and elaborate underworld theology texts
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- Seti I was great conqueror and father of Ramesses the Great
- Tomb approximately 137 meters long with longest passage in Valley of the Kings
- Walls covered with funerary compositions: Amduat, Book of Gates, Litany of Ra
- Decorative texts function as operating instructions for king's rebirth in afterlife
- Early New Kingdom tombs used bent axis layout; later Ramesses tombs trend toward straight axis plan
- Seti I died around 1279 BCE
- Sarcophagus is famous alabaster piece now in Sir John Soane's Museum in London
- Tomb discovered by Giovanni Belzoni on October 16, 1817
- Burial chamber features ceiling representing heavens with star constellations including lion and bull equivalents
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