King Seti I is the second king of the Nineteenth Dynasty and the son of King Ramses I, father of the great King Ramses II. The name Seti means "of Set", which indicates that he was consecrated to the god Seth (god of evil). Seti I ruled the country for either 11 or 15 full Years.
The Tomb of Seti I was discovered in October 1817 by the famous Italian Egyptologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and it was discovered only a few days, after the discovery of Seti I's father's tomb (KV 16). It is identified as KV 17, per Sir John Gardner Wilkinson's initial numbering system for the tombs of the Valley.
Some people consider it as the most beautiful tomb in the Valley of the Kings as it is the most perfectly decorated tomb in the Valley of the Kings, with painted raised relief decoration of the hi...
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