Abydos - Temple of Sethos I Abydos King List

On the right hand wall of the King's Gallery is the famous Abydos King List, which has yielded important information on the sequence of Egyptian rulers. It depicts Sethos I with a censer and the Crown Prince, later Ramesses II (with the side lock of youth), who is reciting hymns from a papyrus roll. They are revering their royal ancestors, 76 of whom are listed in the two upper rows. The list begins with the first King of Egypt, Menes (Hor-aha?), and continues to Sethos, the names of unimportant or illegitimate rulers being omitted. The inscription above the list reads as follows: "The performance of the prayer for the dead ('May Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, lord of the tomb, who dwells in the temple of Sethos, increase the gifts for the kings of