Record Nr.

UNINA9910494728603321

Autore

Dodson Aidan <1962->

Titolo

Amarna sunrise : Egypt from golden age to age of heresy / / Aidan Dodson

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Cairo ; ; New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , 2014

ISBN

977-416-774-0

1-61797-653-9

1-61797-560-5

1-61797-561-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

932

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Egypt Antiquities

Egypt History Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 14, 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; MAPS; INTRODUCTION:EIGHTEENTHDYNASTY EGYPT; 1 DAWN OF THEGOLDEN AGE; 2 GOLD IS AS DUST; 3 THE ROAD TOTELL EL-AMARNA; 4 THE HORIZONOF THE ATEN; 5 FROM ZENITHTO SUNSET; APPENDICES; SOURCES OF FIGURES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The latter part of the fifteenth century BC saw Egypt's political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in the north to much of what is now Sudan in the south. The wealth that flowed into Egypt allowed its kings to commission some of the most stupendous temples of all time, some of the greatest dedicated to Amun-Re, King of the Gods. Yet a century later these temples lay derelict, the god's images, names, and titles all erased in an orgy of iconoclasm by Akhenaten, the devotee of a single sun-god. This book traces the history of Egypt from the death of the great warrior-king Thutmose III to the high point of Akhenaten's reign, when the known world brought gifts to his newly-built capital city of Amarna, in particular looking at the way in which the cult of the sun became increasingly important to even 'orthodox' kings, culminating in the

transformation of Akhenaten's father, Amenhotep III, into a solar deity in his own right.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910482049403321

Autore

Kircher Athanasius <1602-1680.>

Titolo

Athanasii Kircheri è Soc. Jesu Latium, id est nova et parallela Latii tum veteris tum novi descriptio Qua quæcunque vel natura, vel veterum Romanorum ingenium admiranda effecit, geographico-historico-physico ratiocinio, juxta rerum gestarum, temporumque seriem exponitur & enucleatur [[electronic resource]]