Akhenaten : History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt

ISBN-13: 9780415185493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 240 str.

Dominic Montserrat

Opis

The pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt in the mid-14th century BCE, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in Egyptian history. This biography 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 everything from psychoanalysis to racial equality to Fascism.

Recenzje

'I can thoroughly recommend the refreshingly idiosyncratic approach to the phenomenon of Amarna in Akhenaten. Dr Montserrat has clearly read both deeply and widely in areas which for many of us are very much at the periphery of our Egyptological interests.' - Egyptian Archaeology

Spis treści

Outline Chronology; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Conventions; Chapter 1 Akhenaten in the Mirror; Chapter 2 Histories of Akhenaten; Chapter 3 The Archaeologies of Amarna; Chapter 4 Protestants, Psychoanalysts and Fascists; Chapter 5 Race and Religion; Chapter 6 Literary Akhenatens; Chapter 7 Sexualities; Chapter 8 Epilogue;

O autorze

Dominic Montserrat