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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Seti I

1323 BC - 1279 BC

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Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290 BCE to 1279 BCE. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II. The name 'Seti' means "of Set", which indicates that he was consecrated to the god Set (also termed "Sutekh" or "Seth"). As with most pharaohs, Seti had several names. Upon his ascension, he took the prenomen "mn-m3't-r' ", usually vocalized in Egyptian as Menmaatre (Established is the Justice of Re). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seti I has received more than 2,502,061 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Seti I is the 124th most popular religious figure (up from 327th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Egypt and the 7th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

SETI is most famous for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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  • 62

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  • 10.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Seti I ranks 124 out of 2,238Before him are Hassan-i Sabbah, Zechariah, Sarah, Pope Gregory IX, Pope Gregory XV, and Anselm of Canterbury. After him are Pope Boniface VIII, Pope Formosus, Aminah, Pope Clement VIII, Pope Pius VII, and Pope Urban VII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1323 BC, Seti I ranks 1 Among people deceased in 1279 BC, Seti I ranks 1

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Seti I ranks 26 out of 582Before him are Anwar Sadat (1918), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), Nefertari (-1290), Dalida (1933), Hagar (-1800), and Diophantus (201). After him are Hero of Alexandria (10), Khafra (-2550), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Miriam (-1400), Ramesses I (-1300), and Omar Sharif (1932).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Seti I ranks 7Before him are Moses (-1393), Tutankhamun (-1341), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Joshua (-1355), Anthony the Great (251), and Hagar (-1800). After him are Miriam (-1400), Moses in Islam (-1392), Tiye (-1398), Saint Apollonia (110), Meritaten (-1400), and Paul of Thebes (227).