Seti I

Seti I was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt), the son of Rameses I and Queen Sitre and, later, the father of Rameses II. According to some historians, he reigned between either 1294 BC or 1290 BC to 1279 BC or 1305/1302 BC to 1290 BC, depending on the chronological system used. The ancient Egyptians counted time according to the year of a Pharaoh's reign. When a Pharaoh died or fell from the throne, the follwing day immediatedly became Year number 1 of his successor's reign. To identify Seti I's Year 1 with a specific BC year, a chronologist must not only take into account the existing evidence from various sources, but which set of interpretations that he/she finds valid, so different chronologists and historians can have different views on the subject.

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Pharaoh - Ancient Egypt - Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt - Rameses I - Queen Sitre - Rameses II - 1294 BC - 1279 BC - 1305/1302 BC

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The name Seti means "of Set", which indicates that he was consecrated to the god Set. As with most Pharaohs, Seti had a number of names. Upon his ascension, he took the prenomen, which has the technical transliteration of mn-m3‘t-r‘. This is usually realised as Menmaatre, meaning "Established one of Maat and Ra". His better known nomen, or birth name is technically transliterated as sty mry-n-ptḥ, which is usually realised as Sety Meryenptah, meaning "Man of Set, beloved of Ptah". The Greeks called him Sethosis. Manetho incorrectly considered him the founder of the 19th dynasty and estimated his reign to have lasted either 51 or 55 years.

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Set - Pharaoh - Maat - Ra - Ptah - Greeks - Manetho

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