| #905528 in Books | Amer Univ in Cairo Pr | 2009-11-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.20 x.90 x9.20l,1.60 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | Amer Univ in Cairo Pr||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| THe Challenge of Amarna|By H. B. Baldwin|If you are interested in the period leading up to the Amarna period and the Amarna period itself this book is one that you need to read. It gives the stages of the development of the sun worship that lead to AmenhotepIV's (Akhenaten) breaking with the traditional religious practices of the Egyptian, polytheism, and his arrival at the id|||Intriguing and involving historical study and extrapolation. Amarna Sunset is an absolute must for college library Egyptology collections. Midwest Book |||About the Author||Aidan Dodson|
This new study, drawing on the latest research, tells the story of the decline and fall of the pharaoh Akhenaten's religious revolution in the fourteenth century BC. Beginning at the regime's high-point in his Year 12, it traces the subsequent collapse that saw the deaths of many of the king's loved ones, his attempts to guarantee the revolution through co-rulers, and the last frenzied assault on the god Amun. The book then outlines the events of the subsequent five ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation | Aidan Dodson. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
