02978nam 2200589 450 991078806640332120221108043823.0977-416-774-01-61797-653-91-61797-560-51-61797-561-3(CKB)2670000000585681(EBL)1939114(SSID)ssj0001403375(PQKBManifestationID)12535956(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403375(PQKBWorkID)11365049(PQKB)11512145(StDuBDS)EDZ0001190242(MiAaPQ)EBC1890740(MiAaPQ)EBC6242520(MiAaPQ)EBC1939114(Au-PeEL)EBL1939114(OCoLC)903442141(EXLCZ)99267000000058568120201018d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmarna sunrise Egypt from golden age to age of heresy /Aidan Dodson1st ed.Cairo ;New York :The American University in Cairo Press,2014.1 online resource (283 p.)Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 14, 2018).1-322-47576-8 977-416-633-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXThe 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.EgyptAntiquitiesEgyptHistoryEighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C932Dodson Aidan1962-731426MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788066403321Amarna sunrise3820869UNINA