Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (Revised Edition)...

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Aidan Dodson

Amarna Sunset

Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (Revised Edition)...

Aidan Dodson

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The American University in Cairo Press
20 May 2018

History; African history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Amarna Sunset tells the story of the decline and fall of the pharaoh Akhenaten's religious revolution in the fourteenth century bc. Beginning at the regime's high point in his Year 12, it traces the subsequent collapse that saw the deaths of many of the king's loved ones, his attempts to guarantee the revolution through co-rulers, and the last frenzied assault on the god Amun.

The book then outlines the events of the subsequent five decades that saw the extinction of the royal line, an attempt to place a foreigner on Egypt's throne, and the accession of three army officers in turn. Among its conclusions are that the mother of Tutankhamun was none other than Nefertiti, and that the queen was joint-pharaoh in turn with both her husband Akhenaten and her son. As such, she was herself instrumental in beginning the return to orthodoxy, undoing her erstwhile husband's life-work before her own mysterious disappearance.

This fully updated and extensively revised paperback edition addresses new evidence and discussions that have appeared in the decade since the book was originally published. Amarna Sunset, together with its recently updated companion volume, Amarna Sunrise, accordingly provides readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Egyptian history during the golden years of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East.

By: Aidan Dodson
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774168598
ISBN 10: 9774168593
Publication Date: 20 May 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Maps Abbreviations and Conventions Preface Introduction: Sunrise 1. The Noonday Sun 2. The Waning Sun 3. The Northern Problem 4. The Living Image of Amun 5. The Zananzash Affair 6. God's Father to God 7. The Hawk in Festival 8. Sunset Notes Appendices 1. Chronology of Ancient Egypt 2. Relative Chronology of Egyptian and Foreign Kings of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Dynasties 3. Royal Names of the Late Eighteenth Dynasty 4. Tentative Genealogy of the Late Eighteenth Dynasty Bibliography Index

Aidan Dodson is a senior research fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol, UK, where he teaches Egyptology. He is the author of twenty books and over 300 reviews and articles.

Reviews for Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (Revised Edition)

Intriguing and involving historical study and extrapolation. Amarna Sunset is an absolute 'must' for college library Egyptology collections. --Midwest Book Review The research is meticulous and clearly cited. . . . Dodson combines erudition with expertise to create an exciting account of a much mythologized period. --Book News In Amarna Sunset, Aidan Dodson has produced a compact book chronicling the demise of the Eighteenth Dynasty from the reign of Akhenaten, through to the dynasty's final reign of Horemheb. The book is highly readable and is a worthy and useful summary of the political and religious machinations of these times aimed at expert and 'informed beginner' alike. . . . Dodson has produced a book that will be an asset to any Amarna scholar's personal library. The book contains much valuable information, despite its size, and is the perfect introduction to the period for the Amarnan beginner, and its bibliography should enable the reader to follow further research if they so wish. --Peter Robinson