KV17 Sety I
KV17 Sety I is a cemetery in New Valley Governorate, Egypt. KV17 Sety I is situated nearby to the cemetery Tomb of Amenmeses, as well as near KV16 Ramses I.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Tomb of Tutankhamun.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Tomb
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The tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor. Tomb of Tutankhamun is situated 110 metres north of KV17 Sety I.
KV64
Cemetery
KV64 is the tomb of an unknown Eighteenth Dynasty individual in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt that was re-used in the Twenty-second Dynasty for the burial of the priestess Nehmes Bastet, who held the office of "chantress" at the temple of Karnak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.
El-Assasif
Village
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El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in southern Egypt. It had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes, It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
KV17 Sety I
- Type: Cemetery
- Categories: tomb, historic site, and burial
- Location: New Valley Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.73937° or 25° 44′ 22″ northLongitude
32.60152° or 32° 36′ 6″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPJQ2+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1047912183OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yardOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tomb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“KV17 Sety I” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ستي الأول”
- French: “Tombeau de Séthi I”
- German: “Grabmal von Sethos I.”
- Russian: “KV17”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Sety I”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of Amenmeses and KV16 Ramses I.
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