Seti, << SEH tee, >> I (reigned about 1290-1279 B.C.) was a king of ancient Egypt. He was the first significant king of Dynasty XIX, founded by his father, Ramses I. Early in his reign, Seti conducted three campaigns in Syria to halt the advance of the Hittites from Anatolia (present-day Turkey) and to reestablish the boundaries of the Egyptian empire set by king Thutmose III in the 1400’s B.C.
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Seti built an elaborate temple to Osiris at Abydos. He also restored the national temple of Amun-Re at Karnak by adding the Great Hypostyle Hall (hall of columns). His son Ramses II completed both projects. Seti’s tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1817. His mummy was found in 1881, in a collective tomb containing royal mummies near Dayr al Bahri.
