Nov 09, 2019

Seti I tomb

• By : Neveen Mahmoud
• In : Winter,2019

Seti I tomb was built for the ancient Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty Seti I, He was the father of Rameses II. Seti I did so much to promote the prosperty of Egypt so archeologists said that Seti I's reign was a golden age,  and that  was best seen at his temple in Abydos and in his tomb.  Seti I tomb was discovered in October 1817 by the strongman of the early antiquarians, Italian Giovanni Battista Belzoni, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings and also known by the names "Belzoni's tomb and KV17 tomb. When Belzoni excavated the Seti I tomb, he noted that the length of the tomb was about 100 meters. But in recent excavations, archaeologists have found that the tomb was much longer than thought, and was 136 meters when measured. All of its eleven rooms feature high-quality reliefs depicting scenes full of funerary texts. In tomb KV17, researchers found a weird and unexpected tunnel which sinks deep underground beneath the burial chamber. This is one of the major puzzles related to Seti  I tomb . After many years of specialized restoration and conservation projects in two of the most beautifully decorated tombs of ancient Egypt, Seti I tomb (KV17) in the valley of the Kings and tomb of Nefertari (QV66) in the valley of the Queens, it is reopened again in 2016 and if you can afford the ticket, it is money well spent as the tomb walls are filled with fabulous images from many ancient texts, including the Litany of Ra, Book of the Dead, Book of Gates, Book of the Heavenly Cow and many others