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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... palace at Amarna African and Asiatic enemies of Egypt , from the painted pave- ment in the ' House of Rejoicing of the Aten ' A Coptic saint painted over a relief of Akhenaten and Nefertiti offering to the Aten Drawing of Anubis , from ...
... palace at Amarna African and Asiatic enemies of Egypt , from the painted pave- ment in the ' House of Rejoicing of the Aten ' A Coptic saint painted over a relief of Akhenaten and Nefertiti offering to the Aten Drawing of Anubis , from ...
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... PALACE North tombs : Huya ( 1 ) Panehesy ( 6 ) Ahmose ( 3 ) Meryre ' I & II ( 4 & 2 ) etc KAN TERJATE Stela U north suburb GREAT ATEN TEMPLE KING'S HOUSE GREAT PALACE SMALL ATEN TEMPLE Workmen's village south suburb Nile modern ...
... PALACE North tombs : Huya ( 1 ) Panehesy ( 6 ) Ahmose ( 3 ) Meryre ' I & II ( 4 & 2 ) etc KAN TERJATE Stela U north suburb GREAT ATEN TEMPLE KING'S HOUSE GREAT PALACE SMALL ATEN TEMPLE Workmen's village south suburb Nile modern ...
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... Palace architecture under- scored this divinisation of the king and his family . Palaces were aligned to the east like temples , and equipped with temple - like features , such as open courts adorned with colossal statues of divinised ...
... Palace architecture under- scored this divinisation of the king and his family . Palaces were aligned to the east like temples , and equipped with temple - like features , such as open courts adorned with colossal statues of divinised ...
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... palace balcon- ies to reward officials . These scenes are not included as ' snapshots ' of Akhet - aten , however . They are representations of the places whose produce and offerings would sustain the tomb owners in the next world . The ...
... palace balcon- ies to reward officials . These scenes are not included as ' snapshots ' of Akhet - aten , however . They are representations of the places whose produce and offerings would sustain the tomb owners in the next world . The ...
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Contents
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The archaeologies of Amarna | 56 |
12 | 62 |
Protestants psychoanalysts and Fascists | 95 |
Race and religion | 117 |
Literary Akhenatens | 139 |
Sexualities | 168 |
Epilogue | 183 |
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