The papyrus portico
Ten columns before the main building.
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The Temple of Seti I is a 19th Dynasty memorial temple at Qurna on Luxor's West Bank, the northernmost of the Theban memorial temples, on the road to the Valley of the Kings. It was dedicated to Amun-Re and to the cult of Seti I and his father Ramesses I, whose short reign left no time for a temple of his own. It is not the temple of Seti I at Abydos. Seti began it around the middle of his reign, and his son Ramesses II finished it after his death. Mud-brick walls 162 m long and 124 m wide once surrounded it. After extensive restoration, including the rebuilding of the first pylon, it opened to the public in March 2004. Most of the two mud-brick pylons and their courts have gone, leaving their outlines, sandstone gateways and the remains of two sphinxes. The best part begins at the portico of ten papyrus columns, which leads into the main building with its hypostyle hall and fine raised reliefs of Seti with the gods, and a chapel for Ramesses I. Storerooms lie to the right and the remains of the temple palace to the left. The temple lies 2.8 km east of the Valley of the Kings and 1.8 km east of the Ramesseum in a straight line, so it makes an easy stop by taxi or bicycle on the way to the valley. It is usually quiet; allow about an hour.
Ten columns before the main building.
Seti I with the gods.
The cult of Seti's father.
Qurna, West Bank, Luxor
A temple built for the king's cult after death, alongside that of Amun, usually on the West Bank and apart from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
No. It has its own ticket; West Bank tickets are sold at their own offices, so ask for this temple by name when you buy.
