Amarna City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti

Nefertiti as Pharaoh

Julia Sampson, H.S. Smith

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Oxbow Books
15 July 2023

Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology

Tell el-Amarna is the modern name for the ancient Egyptian city of Akhenaten, situated in a bay of hills formed by the cliffs of the eastern desert about halfway between Cairo and Luxor. The city was founded in the 14th century BC by the Pharaoh Akhenaten to be a royal palace for himself and his wife Nefertiti, the capital of all Egypt and the center of the state cult of the Sun God in the form of Aten (sun disc), which became an obsession of the Pharoah. The city contained temples, palaces, state buildings and great private mansions, but was abandoned by Akhenaten's successor, his son Tutenkhamen, and the city was demolished, never to be re-inhabited. This volume presents a detailed, illustrated catalog of the many statues, statuettes, reliefs, inlays and inscriptions recorded and collected by Flinders Petrie, together with glass and faience objects and moulds. Part II provides a summary of developments in royal names and titles with a discussion on research into names and evidence of royal status.

AUTHOR: Julia Sampson was an Egyptologist of Australian birth. She was one of the longest serving members of the Egypt Exploration society (77 years). She specialised in the Amarna Period, being based for many years in the Egyptology Department of University College London where she worked on material from Amarna in the Petrie Museum.

By: Julia Sampson, H.S. Smith
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 14
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9798888570265
Series: Oxbow Classics in Egyptology
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 15 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of plates Acknowledgements Abbreviations Addenda and corrigenda to Part I Introduction, by H. S. Smith The significance of the collection by the author PART I Statues and statuettes Note on monkey statuettes Reliefs Inlays Glass Faience and moulds Inscriptions PART II Preface to Part II Summary of developments in Royal names and titles More key pieces Part theories and later information New direction and impetus given to research Research and discoveries in the 1970s Conclusions

Julia Sampson was an Egyptologist of Australian birth. She was one of the longest serving members of the Egypt Exploration society (77 years). She specialised in the Amarna Period, being based for many years in the Egyptology Department of University College London where she worked on material from Amarna in the Petrie Museum.