Which ancient Egyptian king list is inscribed on the Temple of Seti I at Abydos?

The ancient Egyptian king list inscribed on the Temple of Seti I at Abydos is the Abydos King List.

Carved during the 19th Dynasty, the list records 76 Egyptian rulers in two rows of cartouches, with a third row repeating Seti I’s royal names. It was designed as a prestigious historical and religious record, linking Seti with earlier kings and presenting Egyptian kingship as a continuous tradition.

The list is valuable because it preserves names and succession information for rulers who are poorly documented elsewhere, especially from the early dynasties. It is not a complete chronology: it omits rulers considered illegitimate, politically inconvenient, or associated with rival periods, including several Hyksos kings and the pharaohs of the Amarna period.

A common mix-up is the Turin King List, which is a different document written on papyrus. The Palermo Stone is also a separate royal annal, while the Karnak King List is another temple inscription with a different selection of rulers.