Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt Contributor(s): Montserrat, Dominic (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415301866 ISBN-13: 9780415301862 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: This book examines both the real Akhenaten and the myths that have been created around him. It scrutinizes 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 ideas as diverse as psychoanalysis, racial equality and fascism. "Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt" combines up-to-date historical synthesis with extensive new archival research. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - Egypt - History | Middle East - General |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.4" W x 9.22" (1.17 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The 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. Often called the originator of monotheism and the world's first recorded individual, he has fascinated and inspired both scholars of Egyptology and creative talents as diverse as Sigmund Freud and Philip Glass. |