Amarna Sunset Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation

Author/creator Dodson, Aidan Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCairo : American University in Cairo Press Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated [Distributor]
Description192 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation This new study, drawing on the latest research, tells the story of the decline and fall of the pharaoh Akhenaten&acirc;&#128;&#153;s religious revolution in the fourteenth century BC. Beginning at the regime&acirc;&#128;&#153;s high-point in his Year 12, it traces the subsequent collapse that saw the deaths of many of the king&acirc;&#128;&#153;s loved ones, his attempts to guarantee the revolution through co-rulers, and the last frenzied assault on the god Amun.<br /><br />The book then outlines the events of the subsequent five decades that saw the extinction of the royal line, an attempt to place a foreigner on Egypt&acirc;&#128;&#153;s throne, and the accession of three army officers in turn. Among its conclusions are that the mother of Tutankhamun was none other than Nefertiti, and that the queen was joint-pharaoh in turn with both her husband Akhenaten and her son. As such, she was herself instrumental in beginning the return to orthodoxy, undoing her erstwhile husband&acirc;&#128;&#153;s life-work before her own mysterious disappearance.
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ISBN9789774163043
ISBN9774163044 (Trade Cloth) Publication Cancelled
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