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Item Details
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AKHENATEN
EGYPT''S FALSE PROPHET |
| By: |
Nicholas Reeves |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£14.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500285527 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500285527 |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
4 April, 2005 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Akhenaten is one of the most compelling and controversial figures in history. This title argues that, far from being the idealistic founder of a new faith, Akhenaten cynically used religion for purely political ends in a calculated attempt to reassert the authority of the king to concentrate all power in his own hands. |
| Synopsis: |
One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history, Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian pharaoh. Much has been written about this strange, persecuted figure, whose freakishly elongated and effeminate appearance is totally at odds with that of the traditional Egyptian ruler-hero. Known today as a heretic, Akhenaten sought to impose upon Egypt and its people the worship of a single god the sun and in so doing changed the country in every way. In this immensely readable re-evaluation, Nicholas Reeves takes issue with the existing view of Akhenaten, presenting an entirely new perspective on the turbulent events of his seventeen-year reign. Reeves argues that, far from being the idealistic founder of a new faith, Akhenaten cynically used religion for purely political ends in a calculated attempt to reassert the authority of the king to concentrate all power in his own hands.Backed up by abundant archaeological and documentary evidence, Reeves' closely written narrative also provides many new insights into questions that have baffled scholars for generations the puzzle of the body in Tomb 55 in the Valley of the Kings; the fate of Nefertiti, Akhenaten's beautiful wife, and the identity of the mysterious successor, Smenkhkare; and the theory that Tutankhamun, Akhenaten's son and true heir, was murdered. |
| Illustrations: |
141 illustrations, 23 in colour |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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