First Civilizations - Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (Second Edition) - Robert Chadwick
14 Akhenaten and the Amarna period
First Civilizations - Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (Second Edition) - Robert Chadwick
Robert Chadwick [+]
Bishop's University
Robert Chadwick is the co-director of the Wadi ath-Thamad Project and currently teaches in the Religion Department at Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Description
This chapter treats the 18th Dynasty king Akhenaten who was one of the most controversial people ever to rule ancient Egypt and remains so today. Topics include: - traditional views of Akhenaten - the Amarna Letters - Akhenaten and monotheism - living in ma'at - new evidence and revised interpretations - Akenhaten and the military - Queen Nefertiti - Akenhaten's physical appearance - the legacy of Akenaten - the re-establishment of the old order - the discover of Tutankhamun's tomb - in search of a husband - the end of the 18th Dynasty