Family conclusion 19
King Seti II's minor son, King Siptah (1198 - 1192 BC), ascended the throne under the guardianship of the widowed queen, Taouseret, who assumed all royal titles, like Queen Hatshepsut before (1192 - 1190 BC). Siptah was also under the guardianship of the chief treasury keeper, Bai. After that, Egypt remained without a leader for several years, followed by years of weakness. Thirty-three years later, one historian described without exaggeration this short period of transition, saying that there was no one to decide on matters, and it occurred. Egypt is a prey in the hands of senior officials, high-ranking people, and local rulers. A foreigner from the country of Retno was able to install himself as ruler and rule the country, at the same time that his agents blackmailed the people. The gods did not receive better treatment than humans. The temples were stripped of their income and profits. The official Egyptian lists did not mention the name of any king during the period between the reigns of King Seti II and King Setnect, founder of the Twentieth Dynasty.
During the Nineteenth Dynasty, all its kings carved their tombs in the Valley of the Kings on the western mainland in Thebes, which remained the capital of the kingdom, while Memphis and Pi-Ramses shared the functions of the headquarters of the royal court and the central administration.
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