Editing Seti I (section)

==Burial==
===Mummy===
[[File:Pharaoh Seti I - His mummy - by Emil Brugsch (1842-1930).jpg|thumb|Head of the mummy of Seti I]]
From an examination of Seti's extremely well-preserved mummy, Seti I appears to have been less than forty years old when he died unexpectedly. This is in stark contrast to the situation with [[Horemheb]], Ramesses I and Ramesses II who all lived to an advanced age. The reasons for his relatively early death are uncertain, but there is no evidence of violence on his mummy. His mummy was found decapitated, but this was likely caused by tomb robbers after his death. The Amun priest carefully reattached his head to his body with the use of linen cloths. It has been suggested that he died from a disease which had affected him for years, possibly related to his heart. The latter was found placed in the right part of the body, while the usual practice of the day was to place it in the left part during the mummification process. Opinions vary whether this was a mistake or an attempt to have Seti's heart work better in his afterlife. Seti I's mummy is about {{convert|1.7|m|ftin|abbr=off}} tall.<ref>Christine Hobson, ''Exploring the World of the Pharaohs: A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt'', Thames & Hudson, (1993), p. 97</ref>

In April 2021, his mummy was moved from the [[Museum of Egyptian Antiquities]] to the [[National Museum of Egyptian Civilization]] along with those of 17 other kings and 4 queens in an event termed the [[Pharaohs' Golden Parade]].<ref name=Parisse>{{cite news |last=Parisse |first=Emmanuel  |date=5 April 2021 |title=22 Ancient Pharaohs Have Been Carried Across Cairo in an Epic 'Golden Parade'  |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/22-ancient-pharaohs-have-been-carried-across-cairo-in-an-epic-golden-parade |work=ScienceAlert  |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>

===Tomb===
[[File:Pharaoh Seti I, detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Seti I at the Valley of the Kings, Western Thebes, Egypt. Neues Museum.jpg|thumb|Pharaoh Seti I, detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Seti I, KV17, at the Valley of the Kings. Neues Museum]]
[[File:Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I.jpg|thumb|right|Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I]]
[[Tomb of Seti I|Seti's well-preserved tomb]] (KV17) was found in 1817 by [[Giovanni Belzoni]], in the [[Valley of the Kings]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/06/this-pharaohs-painted-tomb-was-missing-its-mummy|title = This pharaoh's painted tomb was missing its mummy|date = 25 June 2020}}</ref> it proved to be the longest at {{convert|446|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}<ref>{{cite news| title=Pharaoh Seti I's Tomb Bigger Than Thought | url =http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080417-seti-tomb.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080420142208/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080417-seti-tomb.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =20 April 2008 | access-date = 2008-04-19}}</ref> and deepest of all the New Kingdom royal tombs. It was also the first tomb to feature decorations (including the ''[[Book of the Heavenly Cow]]'')<ref name="EncycloBooks.com">{{cite web |url= http://encyclobooks.com/Legends-Of-The-Gods/|title= Legend of the Gods|publisher= Kegan Paul|year= 1912|access-date= 2011-10-16|url-status= usurped|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120425071307/http://encyclobooks.com/Legends-Of-The-Gods/|archive-date= 2012-04-25}}</ref> on every passageway and chamber with highly refined bas-reliefs and colorful paintings – fragments of which, including a large column depicting Seti I with the goddess [[Hathor]], can be seen in the [[National Archaeological Museum, Florence]]. This decorative style set a precedent which was followed in full or in part in the tombs of later New Kingdom kings. Seti's [[mummy]] itself was discovered by [[Émile Brugsch]] on June 6, 1881, in the [[Royal Cache]] (tomb DB320) at [[Deir el-Bahari]] and has since been kept at the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo.{{sfn|Rohl|1995|pp=71-73}}

His huge [[sarcophagus of Seti I|sarcophagus]], carved in one piece and intricately decorated on every surface (including the goddess [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] on the interior base), is in [[Sir John Soane's Museum]].<ref name="Soane">{{cite web|url= http://www.soane.org/collections/egyptian_and_classical_antiquities/|title= Egyptian Collection at the Sir John Soane's Museum|access-date= 2007-02-15|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101003115841/http://www.soane.org/collections/egyptian_and_classical_antiquities|archive-date= 2010-10-03}}</ref> Soane bought it for exhibition in his open collection in 1824, when the [[British Museum]] refused to pay the £2,000 demanded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/05/sir-john-soane-museum-recreates-sepulchral-chamber-of-pharaoh-seti-i|title = Sir John Soane's museum recreates architect's vision of pharaoh's tomb|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 5 November 2017}}</ref> On its arrival at the museum, the alabaster was pure white and inlaid with blue [[copper sulphate]]. Years of the London climate and pollution have darkened the alabaster to a buff colour and absorbed moisture has caused the [[hygroscopic]] inlay material to fall out and disappear completely. A small watercolour nearby records the appearance, as it was.

The tomb also had an entrance to a secret tunnel hidden behind the sarcophagus, which Belzoni's team estimated to be {{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} long.<ref name="El-Aref">{{cite news|last1=El-Aref |first1=Nevine |title=Secret Tunnels And Ancient Mysteries |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2009/970/he1.htm |access-date=Jan 31, 2019 |work=Al-Ahram Weekly |issue=970 |date=Oct 29, 2009}}</ref> However, the tunnel was not truly excavated until 1961, when a team led by Sheikh Ali Abdel-Rasoul began digging in hopes of discovering a secret burial chamber containing hidden treasures.<ref name="El-Aref" /> The team failed to follow the original passage in their excavations, and had to call a halt due to instabilities in the tunnel;<ref name="Williams">{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Sean |title=No Secret Burial At End Of Seti I Tunnel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/no-secret-burial-at-end-of-seti-i-tunnel-2014674.html |access-date=Jan 30, 2019 |work=The Independent |date=June 30, 2010}}</ref> further issues with permits and finances eventually ended Sheikh Ali's dreams of treasure,<ref name="El-Aref"/> though they were at least able to establish that the passage was over {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} longer than the original estimate. In June 2010, a team from Egypt's [[Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Egypt)|Ministry of Antiquities]] led by Dr. [[Zahi Hawass]] completed excavation of the tunnel, which had begun again after the discovery in 2007 of a downward-sloping passage beginning approximately {{convert|136|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} into the previously excavated tunnel. After uncovering two separate staircases, they found that the tunnel ran for {{convert|174|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} in total; unfortunately, the last step seemed to have been abandoned prior to completion and no secret burial chamber was found.<ref name="Williams" />