Amarna sunrise : Egypt from golden age to age of heresy / Aidan Dodson.
By: Dodson, Aidan
Publisher: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2014.Description: xxiii, 257 p. : ill., maps, general. table ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9774166337; 9789774166334Subject(s): Akhenaton, King of Egypt | Pharaohs -- Biography
| Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.CAbstract: "The reign of Akhenaten and his 'heretical' religious reforms has for the past century been one of the most written-about in Egyptian history. The present book is intended to place the reign of Akhenaten in its Egyptian religious and political context, and thus to examine how far the Amarna Period represented somethng wholly new, and how far it represented evolution of pre-existing elements. It also aims to provide an up-to-date summary of views and discoveries relating to the period, including controversial DNA studies" -- Back cover.
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Dar el Kutub No. 14514/13
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-241) and index.
"The reign of Akhenaten and his 'heretical' religious reforms has for the past century been one of the most written-about in Egyptian history. The present book is intended to place the reign of Akhenaten in its Egyptian religious and political context, and thus to examine how far the Amarna Period represented somethng wholly new, and how far it represented evolution of pre-existing elements. It also aims to provide an up-to-date summary of views and discoveries relating to the period, including controversial DNA studies" -- Back cover.
AESSO14, AES2014