Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation
by Aidan Dodson
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This new study, drawing on the latest research, tells the story of the decline and fall of the pharaoh Akhenaten's religious revolution in the fourteenth century bc. Beginning at the regime's high-point in his Year 12, it traces the subsequent collapse that saw the deaths of many of the king's loved ones, his attempts to guarantee the revolution through co-rulers, and the last frenzied assault on the god Amun. The book then outlines the events of the subsequent five decades that saw the show more extinction of the royal line, an attempt to place a foreigner on Egypt'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-pharoah 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's life-work before her own mysterious disappearance. show lessTags
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This was overall an interesting book about the successors of Akhenaten. Accompanied by pictures of various important monuments of the Amarna period and after, the author does a good job of explaining. Unfortunately, he takes for granted that the reader knows about Akhenaten and Aten, and I'm glad I read other books before this one.
A short read, it will interest people researching the succession of the "rebel" Pharoah
A short read, it will interest people researching the succession of the "rebel" Pharoah
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Aidan Dodson is a senior research fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol, UK, where he teaches Egyptology. He is the author of twenty books and over 300 reviews and articles.
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Akhenaten (Ahkenaton, Amenhotep IV, Amunhotep IV); Nefertiti; Tutankhamun; Ay; Horemheb
- Important places
- Egypt
- Important events
- New Kingdom of Egypt; Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt; Amarna Period
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Anthropology, Religion & Spirituality, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 932.014 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Egypt to 640 Early history to 332 BC Pharaohs -- Biography and History
- LCC
- DT87.5 .D63 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Africa History of Africa Egypt History
- BISAC
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- Members
- 112
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.63)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 4
