In The Light Of Amarna
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In The Light Of Amarna
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Author : Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
language : en
Publisher: Michael Imhof Verlag
Release Date : 2012
In The Light Of Amarna written by Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung and has been published by Michael Imhof Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architecture categories.
An accompaniment to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin’s special exhibition celebrating the discovery of the Nefertiti bust in 1912, this catalog presents never-before-seen artifacts and objects from the Amarna period of Egyptian history. The book also explores religion, craftsmanship, daily life, and sculpture in Amarna and the world famous Nefertiti bust.
Akhenaten And The Religion Of Light
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Author : Erik Hornung
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2001
Akhenaten And The Religion Of Light written by Erik Hornung and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was king of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty and reigned from 1375 to 1358 B.C. E. Called the "religious revolutionary," he is the earliest known creator of a new religion. The cult he founded broke with Egypt's traditional polytheism and focused its worship on a single deity, the sun god Aten. Erik Hornung, one of the world's preeminent Egyptologists, here offers a concise and accessible account of Akhenaten and his religion of light.Hornung begins with a discussion of the nineteenth-century scholars who laid the foundation for our knowledge of Akhenaten's period and extends to the most recent archaeological finds. He emphasizes that Akhenaten's monotheistic theology represented the first attempt in history to explain the entire natural and human world on the basis of a single principle. "Akhenaten made light the absolute reference point," Hornung writes, "and it is astonishing how clearly and consistently he pursued this concept." Hornung also addresses such topics as the origins of the new religion; pro-found changes in beliefs regarding the afterlife; and the new Egyptian capital at Akhetaten which was devoted to the service of Aten, his prophet Akhenaten, and the latter's family.
Shadows And Light
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Author : Marcus J. Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: tredition
Release Date : 2024-03-05
Shadows And Light written by Marcus J. Sullivan and has been published by tredition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-05 with History categories.
Dive into the enigmatic world of Ancient Egypt with Marcus J. Sullivan's captivating exploration, "Shadows and Light: The Dual Legacy of Egypt's Amarna Period." Journey back to an era of unprecedented change, where religion and art intersected under the reign of the revolutionary pharaoh Akhenaten. Discover a period marked by the bold attempt to shift an entire civilization towards monotheism, through the worship of the sun disk, Aten. Sullivan masterfully unravels the complexities of this transformative era, shedding light on its lasting impacts on both the cultural and political landscapes of ancient Egypt. "Shadows and Light" offers an unparalleled glimpse into the ambition, beauty, and challenges of the Amarna Period, making it an essential read for anyone fascinated by Egypt's storied past.
The Royal Women Of Amarna
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Author : Dorothea Arnold
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 1996
The Royal Women Of Amarna written by Dorothea Arnold and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Portrait sculpture, Ancient categories.
The move to a new capital, Akhenaten/Amarna, brought essential changes in the depictions of royal women. It was in their female imagery, above all, that the artists of Amarna departed from the traditional iconic representations to emphasize the individual, the natural, in a way unprecedented in Egyptian art.
The Good Kings
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Author : Kara Cooney
language : en
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Release Date : 2021-11-02
The Good Kings written by Kara Cooney and has been published by Disney Electronic Content this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Written in the tradition of historians like Stacy Schiff and Amanda Foreman who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, shining a new light on the country's 3,000-year empire and its meaning today.
Amarna Diplomacy
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Author : Raymond Cohen
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2002-10-23
Amarna Diplomacy written by Raymond Cohen and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-23 with History categories.
Published in 1992, William L. Moran's definitive English translation, The Amarna Letters, raised as many questions as it answered. How did Pharaoh run his empire? Why did the god-king consent to deal with his fellow, mortal monarchs as equals? Indeed, why did kings engage in diplomacy at all? How did the great powers maintain international peace and order? In Amarna Diplomacy, Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook have brought together a team of specialists, both social scientists and ancient historians, to explore the world of ancient Near Eastern statecraft portrayed in the letters. Subjects discussed include Egyptian imperial and foreign policy, international law and trade, geopolitics and decision making, intelligence, and diplomacy. This book will be of interest to scholars not only of the ancient Near East and the Bible but also of international relations and diplomatic studies. Contributors are Pinhas Artzi, Kevin Avruch, Geoffrey Berridge, Betsy M. Bryan, Raymond Cohen, Steven R. David, Daniel Druckman, Serdar Güner, Alan James, Christer Jönsson, Mario Liverani, Samuel A. Meier, William J. Murnane, Nadav Na'aman, Rodolfo Ragionieri, Raymond Westbrook, and Carlo Zaccagnini.
The Walking Dead At Saqqara
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Author : Lara Weiss
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-06-21
The Walking Dead At Saqqara written by Lara Weiss and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-21 with Religion categories.
Funerary rituals and the cult of the dead are classics of research in religious studies, especially for ancient Egypt. Still, we know relatively little about how people interacted in daily life at the city of Memphis and its Saqqara necropolis in the late second millennium BCE. By focussing on lived ancient religion, we can see that the social and religious strategies employed by the individuals at Saqqara are not just means on the way to religious, post-mortem salvation, nor is their self-representation simply intended to manifest social status. On the contrary, the religious practices at Saqqara show in their complex spatiality a wide spectrum of options to configure sociality before and after one's own death. The analytical distinction between religion and other forms of human practices and sociality illuminates the range of cultural practices and how people selected, modified, or even avoided certain religious practices. As a result, pre-funerary, funerary and practices of the subsequent mortuary cults, in close connection with religious practices directed towards other ancestors and deities, allow the formation of imagined and functioning reminiscence clusters as central social groups at Saqqara, creating a heuristic model applicable also to other contexts.
The Tell El Amarna Period
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Author : Carl Niebuhr
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-02
The Tell El Amarna Period written by Carl Niebuhr and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-02 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Tell El Amarna Period: The Relations of Egypt and Western Asia in the Fifteenth Century B. C. According to the Tell El Amarna Tablets Some alabaster slabs came to light at Tell el Amarna bearing the hieroglyphic names of King Amenophis IV. And his father, Amenophis III. These had evidently served as lids to the chests. Some tablets also were inscribed with notes in hieratic, written in red ink. But in spite of these exceptions, it was at once recognised that all the documents were written in Babylonian cuneiform. The reading of the introductory lines on various tablets served to show that the find consisted of part of the Egyptian state archives in the times of the two kings Amenophis III. And IV. Thus the first of the many startling discoveries that were to follow in such rapid succession was made in the recognition that about 1400 b.c. The Semitic speech of Babylon served as the language of diplomacy in the East. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ancient Egypt And Early China
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Author : Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2021-07-17
Ancient Egypt And Early China written by Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-17 with History categories.
Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548–1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers—the Nile and the Yellow River—and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast empires that were controlled through warfare and diplomacy and underwent periods of radical reform led by charismatic rulers—the “heretic king” Akhenaten and the vilified reformer Wang Mang. Universal justice was dispensed through courts, and each empire was administered by bureaucracies staffed by highly trained scribes who held special status. Egypt and China each developed elaborate conceptions of an afterlife world and created games of fate that facilitated access to these realms. This groundbreaking volume offers an innovative comparison of these two civilizations. Through a combination of textual, art historical, and archaeological analyses, Ancient Egypt and Early China reveals shared structural traits of each civilization as well as distinctive features.
Nefertiti S Face
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Author : Joyce Tyldesley
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-09
Nefertiti S Face written by Joyce Tyldesley and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with Art categories.
Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means “a beautiful woman has come.” She was the wife of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who ushered in the dramatic Amarna Age, and she bore him at least six children. She played a prominent role in political and religious affairs, but after Akhenaten’s death she apparently vanished and was soon forgotten. Yet Nefertiti remains one of the most famous and enigmatic women who ever lived. Her instantly recognizable face adorns a variety of modern artifacts, from expensive jewelry to cheap postcards, t-shirts, and bags, all over the world. She has appeared on page, stage, screen, and opera. In Britain, one woman has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on plastic surgery in hope of resembling the long-dead royal. This enduring obsession is the result of just one object: the lovely and mysterious Nefertiti bust, created by the sculptor Thutmose and housed in Berlin’s Neues Museum since before World War II. In Nefertiti’s Face, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley tells the story of the bust, from its origins in a busy workshop of the late Bronze Age to its rediscovery and controversial removal to Europe in 1912 and its present status as one of the world’s most treasured artifacts. This wide-ranging history takes us from the temples and tombs of ancient Egypt to wartime Berlin and engages the latest in Pharaonic scholarship. Tyldesley sheds light on both Nefertiti’s life and her improbable afterlife, in which she became famous simply for being famous.