Sethy I king of Egypt : his life and afterlife / Aidan Dodson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodson, Aidan, 1962- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Egyptian.

Kings and rulers.

Seti I, King of Egypt.

Seti.

Egypt--History--Nineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320-1200 B.C.

Egypt.

History.

Egypt--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Sethy the First king of Egypt

Sethy 1 king of Egypt

Sethy One king of Egypt

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : The American University in Cairo Press, 2019.

Summary:

King Sethy I (also transcribed as Seti, Sethi, and Sethos) ruled for around a decade in the early thirteenth century BC. His lifetime coincided with a critical point in Egyptian history, following the ill-starred religious revolution of Akhenaten, and heralding the last phase of Egypt?s imperial splendor. As the second scion of a wholly new royal family, his reign did much to set the agenda for the coming decades, both at home and abroad. Sethy was also a great builder, apparently with exquisite artistic taste, to judge from the unique quality of the decoration of his celebrated monuments at Abydos and Thebes. This richly illustrated book tells the story of Sethy?s career and monuments, not only in his own era, but also in more recent times, and the impact of his legacy on today?s understanding and appreciation of ancient Egypt.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Cradle of Sethy I

2. The Reign of Sethy I

3. The Mansion of Millions of Years and the House of Eternity

4. Limbo

5. Resurrection.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9774168860

9789774168864

OCLC:

1035123437

Publisher Number:

99988448415