The city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti : Amarna and its people /

The ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt was the capital city of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his chief consort, Nefertiti. Occupied for just sixteen or so years in the fourteenth century BC, the city lay largely abandoned and forgotten until excavations over the last hundred years br...

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Main Author: Kemp, Barry J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cairo : The American University in Cairo, 2012.
Series:New aspects of antiquity.
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245 1 4 |a The city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti :  |b Amarna and its people /  |c Barry Kemp. 
260 |a Cairo :  |b The American University in Cairo,  |c 2012. 
300 |a 320 p. :  |b ill. (some col.), maps ;  |c 26 cm. 
490 1 |a New aspects of antiquity 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-313) and index. 
520 |a The ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt was the capital city of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his chief consort, Nefertiti. Occupied for just sixteen or so years in the fourteenth century BC, the city lay largely abandoned and forgotten until excavations over the last hundred years brought it back into prominence. Based on more than three decades of research and excavation by Barry Kemp, this account provides new insight into Amarna and its people.The author brings to life the royal family and their offspring, including Tutankhamun, as well as prominent citizens such as the high priest Panehsy, the vizier Nakht, the general Ramose, and the sculptor Thutmose. 
505 0 |a The Cast of characters -- City of the horizon -- Building a vision -- Akhenaten's resources -- The city of the Sun-God -- The apartments of the Pharaoh -- City of people -- The quality of life -- Spiritual life at Amarna -- What kinds of city? -- An end and a beginning. 
651 0 |a Tell el-Amarna (Egypt)  |x History. 
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