Seti I., Maat-men-Ra

Dynasty XIX., cir. B.C. 1360. The early years of this king's reign were troubled by the constant incursions of the tribes from the neighbourhood of the Delta, and on the walls of the temple of Karnak may be seen a vivid representation of the principal events of the succe ful campaign against the Shasu. Having been victorious in the Delta, Seti I. pushed on to Kadesh on the Orontes to punish Mauthanar the Kheta king, who had broken the treaty made between himself and Ramses I. After this we find the Pharaoh waging war against the Libyans, and the Cushites in the south. The temples of Abydos and Gurnah, and the Great Hall of Columns at Karnak are among the most lasting memorials of this king's fame; and his tomb in the Biban el Molouk is the largest of the celebrated rock-cut burial places. The mother of his son and succe or, Ramses II., was Tiu, a grand-daughter of Khu-en-aten. The mummy of Seti I. is in the Cairo Museum.