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Setnakhte

Sethnakhte was the first Pharaoh (1188 - 1186 BC ) of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He ruled for only a few years, but long enough to establish his son, Rameses III on the throne of Egypt. He started a tomb, KV11 , in the Valley of the Kings, but stopped it when the tombcarvers accidentlly cut into the tomb of the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Amenemses. Setnakhte then appropriated the tomb of Queen Twosret (KV14 ) for his own use. Sethnakhte's origins are not known, although some Egyptologists believe that he was related to the previous dynasty, the Nineteenth, in some fashion.



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