The "rope-stretching" ceremony performed in Edfu's temple

The "rope-stretching" ceremony performed in Edfu's temple 

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The harpedonaptai or rope stretchers were the surveyors responsible for measuring and delineating lands and constructions along the Nile. Whenever a construction project began, they were the ones who came with their tools to carry out the necessary measurements and lay the foundations of the work.

The precision and technique in their measurements were essential for Egyptian society, especially due to the annual floods of the Nile, which required the revaluation and redistribution of agricultural lands.

 

Seti 1 partly restored wall painting

Pharaoh Seti I, detail of a wall painting of a pillar at the Tomb of Seti I (KV17; Hall J, Pillar B, side a), Valley of the Kings, Western Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 1290-1279 BCE. Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany. Plaster, painted. ÄM 2058.

Arthur von Ferraris AND Caïro SCENES 1880

 Arthur von Ferraris (or di Ferraris; 1856–1936) was a Hungarian-born artist known for his portraits of society figures of his day and for his "orientalist" paintings.

Ferraris was born in Galkovitz, Hungary but moved to Vienna as a teenager to study with Joseph Matthaus Aigner. In 1876, at twenty, he moved to Paris to study with Jules Lefebvre. Von Ferraris spent time in Egypt and painted street scenes and market scenes that captured the imagination of the art world when he returned to Paris. In the late 1880s he shared a studio with Charles Wilda, a painter also known for his "orientalist" themes. His works from many countries made him known as a "citizen of the world."

Von Ferraris had "considerable success" as a society portrait painter. He exhibited these and his Orientalist works at the Salon des Artistes Francais in the 1880s and 1890s. One notable portrait von Ferraris painted was John Davison Rockefeller, in 1903. He also painted portraits of Edward M. Shepard, Johannes Schober, Felix M. Warburg, and other notables.

Tomb Seti1 in 3d

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Sarcophagus of Seti I

Located in the Sepulchral Chamber in the basement of Sir John Soane’s Museum, this vast sarcophagus was built to entomb the Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I (died 1279 BC). Seti I ruled Egypt at a time when it was an important military power; his son, Ramesses II, is famed for his great military victories against the Hittite Empire. Upon his death, Seti I was interred in a lavish tomb in the Valley of the Kings, within which this sarcophagus, containing his coffin and mummy, was originally housed.

The sarcophagus is carved from alabaster, a pearly translucent stone that was highly valued by the Egyptians. Across its surface, both inside and outside, are carved in hieroglyphs an Egyptian text known today as the Book of the Gates, a series of spells and rituals that the dead pharaoh would need to safely pass through the underworld and reach the afterlife. Inside, across the bottom of the sarcophagus, is the elegantly-drawn figure of Nut, goddess of the sky, whose role was to guide and protect the dead. Read a full description of the sarcophagus on our Collections online database.

The sarcophagus of Seti I lit by candlelight at one of our Soane Lates

Soane’s acquisition of the Sarcophagus

The Sarcophagus was discovered in 1817 by Italian explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni. Formerly a circus strongman and irrigation engineer, this charismatic archaeologist led a series of expeditions in Egypt, the most successful of which was his discovery of the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. The name Belzoni’ can still be seen on the sarcophagus today, where he scratched it into the rim. Belzoni had planned to sell the Sarcophagus to the British Museum, who declined to pay the £2,000 price. Sir John Soane, greatly interested in ancient artefacts, acted quickly and purchased the sarcophagus for his own collection.

Mummy of Seti I

The royal mummy of Seti I was buried in an elegant alabaster sarcophagus in his tomb (KV17) in the Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. The mummy of the king was later moved to the Deir el-Bahari Cachette (DB320). Although the mummy’s skull was separated from the body by tomb-robbers, the head is still well preserved; the body, however, is in poor condition.

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. The reasons for his relatively early death are uncertain, but there is no evidence of violence on his mummy.

The mummy of Seti I was found in a well-preserved state, wrapped in linen bandages and placed within a series of nested coffins. The mummy was adorned with various funerary amulets and jewelry, reflecting the beliefs and rituals associated with the afterlife in ancient Egyptian culture.

An X-ray scan reveals that the left side of his chest was stuffed with hard black masses of resin-impregnated linen and the king still wears an amulet on his left arm. The mummy’s skin was brown when it was first uncovered in 1886.

Seti I was a prolific builder and commissioned the construction of several grand temples. The most famous of these is the Temple of Karnak in Thebes, where he added significant structures and decorations.

Restoration of Monuments

Seti I took great interest in restoring and preserving ancient monuments and temples that had fallen into disrepair. He initiated restoration projects in various locations, including the Sphinx and the temples of Luxor and Abydos.

Seti I was the father of the renowned king Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great). His reign laid the foundation for the prosperous and influential reign of his son, who would go on to become one of Egypt’s most celebrated kings.

These are just a few of the notable achievements associated with Seti I’s reign, highlighting his military successes, architectural contributions, and cultural impact during the New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt.

The discovery of Seti I’s mummy provided valuable insights into the burial practices and religious beliefs of the New Kingdom period. It has been a subject of study and analysis by Egyptologists and researchers to learn more about the life, death, and funerary practices of this prominent king.

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Seti I, ca. 1290-1279 BC.