Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the

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

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 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-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's life-work before her own mysterious disappearance.
Country USA
Brand The American University in Cairo Press
Manufacturer The American University in Cairo Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 100 illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9789774163043
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	The American University in Cairo Press
Manufacturer	The American University in Cairo Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	100 illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9789774163043
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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