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Description
The Temple of Seti I is the most northerly of the Theban temples and situated just past the road to the Valley of the Kings, towards the village of el-Tarif. The present entrance is through a gate in the northern wall. The temple was begun by Seti I who named it ‘Glorious Seti in the West of Thebes’ and dedicated it to Amun-Re and the cult of the deified Rameses I. After Seti’s death, the building and decoration was completed by his son Rameses II. Like many of the West Bank temples, it saw a great deal of re-use after the New Kingdom, first during the Roman Period when it seems to have been an area where artisans worked and later during the Coptic era when parts of the temple were converted to a church and dwellings. Since 1972 the German Archaeological Institute have undertaken investigative and restoration work.

Description
The Temple of Seti I is the most northerly of the Theban temples and situated just past the road to the Valley of the Kings, towards the village of el-Tarif. The present entrance is through a gate in the northern wall. The temple was begun by Seti I who named it ‘Glorious Seti in the West of Thebes’ and dedicated it to Amun-Re and the cult of the deified Rameses I. After Seti’s death, the building and decoration was completed by his son Rameses II. Like many of the West Bank temples, it saw a great deal of re-use after the New Kingdom, first during the Roman Period when it seems to have been an area where artisans worked and later during the Coptic era when parts of the temple were converted to a church and dwellings. Since 1972 the German Archaeological Institute have undertaken investigative and restoration work.