Ancient Egypt Seti I (Menmaatre)

Seti I ruled during the 19th Dynasty. He was a good military leader. Seti took 60,000 soldiers into Asia. He took back several cities in the Syrian territory. He also took Palestine and Damascus. Seti fought the Hittites near the city of Kadesh.

Seti built a great temple at Abydos. Seti had a tomb about 450 feet long cut into the cliffs. It is the longest tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Over 700 Shabti, stone or wooden figures, were buried along with Seti. They were to work for him in his afterlife.