Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
Book by Colleen Darnell
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Publisher : St. Martin's Press (November 1, 2022) Language : English Hardcover : 384 pages ISBN-10 : 1250272874 ISBN-13 : 978-1250272874 Item Weight : 1.33 pounds Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.55 inches Best Sellers Rank: #18,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Historical Middle East Biographies #10 in Ancient Egyptians History #173 in Women's Biographies , Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents. Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold funerary mask of his son Tutankhamun and the painted bust of his wife Nefertiti are the most recognizable artifacts from all of ancient Egypt. But who are Akhenaten and Nefertiti? And what can we actually say about rulers who lived more than three thousand years ago? November 2022 marks the centennial of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and although "King Tut" is a household name, his nine-year rule pales in comparison to the revolutionary reign of his parents. Akhenaten and Nefertiti became gods on earth by transforming Egyptian solar worship, innovating in art and urban design, and merging religion and politics in ways never attempted before. Combining fascinating scholarship, detective suspense, and adventurous thrills, Egypt's Golden Couple is a journey through excavations, museums, hieroglyphic texts, and stunning artifacts. From clue to clue, renowned Egyptologists John and Colleen Darnell reconstruct an otherwise untold story of the magnificent reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Read more
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The authors have produced a fascinating and multi-layered book. I must say that their approach—a combination of narrative, history, art history, linguistic analysis, theology, and interpretive reasoning—brought these shadowy subjects to life in a way I have not encountered before. I highly recommend this book both to all who are neophytes as well as to all who are scholars (an appendix covering sources is as interesting and readable as the main text) of this period in Ancient Egyptian history.
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