Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient EgyptThe pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt in the mid-fourteenth century BCE, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in Egyptian history. This provocative new biography examines both the real Akhenaten and the myths that have been created around him. It scrutinises the history of the pharaoh and his reign, which has been continually written in Eurocentric terms inapplicable to ancient Egypt, and the archaeology of Akhenaten's capital city, Amarna. It goes on to explore the pharaoh's extraordinary cultural afterlife, and the way he has been invoked to validate everything from psychoanalysis to racial equality to Fascism. |
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Page xi
... especially Maureen Bourne and Alan Watson ; and all the people who read drafts of various sections or discussed my ideas with me - Catherine Alex- ander , Bridget Bennett , Kate Chedgzoy , Joanna Defrates , Simon Eccles , Emma Francis ...
... especially Maureen Bourne and Alan Watson ; and all the people who read drafts of various sections or discussed my ideas with me - Catherine Alex- ander , Bridget Bennett , Kate Chedgzoy , Joanna Defrates , Simon Eccles , Emma Francis ...
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... especially religious books produced for Sunday reading . Between 1887 and 1936 , a succession of important archaeological discoveries at Amarna stopped it from ever slipping out of the public eye . These discoveries coincided with the ...
... especially religious books produced for Sunday reading . Between 1887 and 1936 , a succession of important archaeological discoveries at Amarna stopped it from ever slipping out of the public eye . These discoveries coincided with the ...
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... especially in its appropriation of Egypt . In this respect , they say , Afrocentrism is based on old - fashioned ideas about race , and actually dances to a western tune while claiming to be a radical revision of history . It may be ...
... especially in its appropriation of Egypt . In this respect , they say , Afrocentrism is based on old - fashioned ideas about race , and actually dances to a western tune while claiming to be a radical revision of history . It may be ...
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... especially statuary , to impart a sense of lineage and continuity with the past . There is no definite evidence for man - made monuments being brought to Akhet - aten , though the importing of the divine bull of Heliopolis may be ...
... especially statuary , to impart a sense of lineage and continuity with the past . There is no definite evidence for man - made monuments being brought to Akhet - aten , though the importing of the divine bull of Heliopolis may be ...
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... especially Theban ones like the Radiant Festival of the Valley . Although Akhet - aten was built as a performance space for Akhenaten's own theology , its inhabitants were not necessarily all devoted adherents of Aten- worship . The ...
... especially Theban ones like the Radiant Festival of the Valley . Although Akhet - aten was built as a performance space for Akhenaten's own theology , its inhabitants were not necessarily all devoted adherents of Aten- worship . The ...
Contents
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The archaeologies of Amarna | 56 |
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Protestants psychoanalysts and Fascists | 95 |
Race and religion | 117 |
Literary Akhenatens | 139 |
Sexualities | 168 |
Epilogue | 183 |
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