id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8941 Setnakhte - Wikipedia .html text/html 2700 474 79 Userkhaure-setepenre Setnakhte (also called Setnakht or Sethnakht) was the first pharaoh (1189 BC–1186 BC) of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt and the father of Ramesses III. Setnakhte was not the son, brother or a direct descendant of either Twosret or Merneptah Siptah—the immediately preceding two pharaohs—nor that of Siptah's predecessor Seti II,[citation needed] whom Setnakht formally considered the last legitimate ruler.[citation needed] It is possible that he was a usurper who seized the throne during a time of crisis and political unrest, or he could have been a member of a minor line of the Ramesside royal family who emerged as pharaoh. The Bakenkhunsu stela reveals that it was Setnakhte who began the construction of a Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak which was eventually completed by his son, Ramesses III. Setnakhte's son and successor, Ramesses III, is regarded as the last great king of the New Kingdom. The beginning of the Great Harris Papyrus or Papyrus Harris I, which documents the reign of Ramesses III, provides some details about Setnakhte's rise to power. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8941.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8941.txt