02492nam 2200649Ia 450 991045356870332120211005042526.01-61797-371-81-936190-40-01-936190-66-4(CKB)2550000001246434(EBL)1649029(SSID)ssj0000482638(PQKBManifestationID)11344279(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482638(PQKBWorkID)10526803(PQKB)10387477(MiAaPQ)EBC3114744(MiAaPQ)EBC6242621(MiAaPQ)EBC1649029(Au-PeEL)EBL3114744(CaPaEBR)ebr10409555(CaONFJC)MIL580555(OCoLC)922965404(MiAaPQ)EBC1635633(Au-PeEL)EBL1635633(OCoLC)932343965(EXLCZ)99255000000124643420090912d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak[electronic resource] /Lise MannicheCairo ;New York American University in Cairo Press20101 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.977-416-349-4 1-306-49304-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and indexes.Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak. Fragments of more than thirty statues are now known, showing the paradoxical features combining male and female, young and aged, characteristic of representations of this king. Did he look like this in real life? Or was his iconography skilfully devised to mirror his concept of his role in the universe? The author presents the history of the discovery of the statue fragments from 1925 to the present daMonumentsEgyptKarnakStatuesEgyptKarnakKarnak (Egypt)AntiquitiesElectronic books.MonumentsStatues932.014092Manniche Lise473134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453568703321The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak2449656UNINA