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Also Known As Sethos I • Sethi I
Died 1279 BCE
Title / Office king (1290BC-1279BC), Egypt

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Stone hallway in the Mortuary Temple of Seti I near Luxor, Egypt, with walls carved in relief showing Egyptian kings, gods, and hieroglyphics.
Abydos, Egypt: temple of Seti I
King Seti I offering a figure of maʿat to Osiris, Isis, and Horus; relief in the temple of King Seti I, Abydos, early 13th century bce.
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