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Mortuary Temple of Seti I: Raking view of remaining colonnade of inner court

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

Of the lesser temples of western Thebes, one of the best-preserved temples of the 19th Dynasty is that of Sethos I Seti I, died 1279 BCE near the modern village of Qurna. It included a palace and magazine buildings within the temple's enclosure walls, a practice that survived into the reign of Ramesses III, who built his temple at Medinet Habu.

Of the lesser temples of western Thebes, one of the best-preserved temples of the 19th Dynasty is that of Sethos I Seti I, died 1279 BCE near the modern village of Qurna. It included a palace and magazine buildings within the temple's enclosure walls, a practice that survived into the reign of Ramesses III, who built his temple at Medinet Habu.
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