Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

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THE QUEEN TUT

CH. XI-

consequence of the victories which the god has given the king over
all lands !

The great kings of the miserable land of Ruthen are brought by
the king in consequence of his victory over the people of the Khetar
to fill with them the storehouse of his noble father, Amen-Ra, the
lord of Thebes, because he has given him the victory over the-
southern world and the subjection of the northern world.

The kings of the nations speak thus, to praise Pharaoh and to-
exalt his glory :—

' Hail to thee ! king of Kamit, sun of the nine peoples, exalted
be thou like the gods !'

From the above inscription it is clear that Seti I.
must have proved his entire devotion to the Theban
priests, or, to speak in the official tone of the Egyptians,,
to the Theban Amen. His buildings, ■wonderfully
beautiful creations of the unknown masters of his time,,
bespeak the efforts of the Pharaoh to express his
gratitude for the distinguished position which the priests
had allowed him. His rich presents complete the proof
of his regard for the temple at Apet. A special reason
for this lay in the peculiar position of Seti with regard
to the great question of the hereditary right to the
throne.

The monuments name as the wife of the king, or
rather as mother of his great son and successor Eamses
H., the queen Tui, whose name at once reminds us of
the family of Khu-n-aten. In genealogical succession,,
she was a granddaughter of that heretical king, whom
the Theban priests had so bitterly excommunicated,
although he belonged to the legitimate race of kings..
But however hateful this connection might be to the
priests, yet it was in accordance with the law of the
hereditary succession. The remembrance of her grand-
mother's origin must have been all the more distasteful
to the priests, as King Seti and his race worshipped the
foreign gods in the most obtrusive manner, and at the