Akhenaten: The Heretic King
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informative book about Akhenaten
16 years, 11 months ago at May 27 0:21
The author portrays Akhenaten more as an atheist than a monotheist. A striking portrait is an outline of this fascinating 'worshiper of the sun', who is also one of the best known pharaohs. A good overview is provided of the Akhenaten Temple Project. Some of the author's comments are amusing which makes the book more enjoyable especially through the 'dry' moments. The book contains a short glossar... read more
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Here is a striking portrait of Akhenaten, monotheistic worshiper of the sun and best-known Egyptian king next to Tutankhamen. Various writers have depicted this strange ruler of the fourteenth century B.C. as a disguised woman or a eunuch, a mentor of Moses, or a forerunner of Christ. Drawing on a vast amount of new evidence from his own excavations, the Director of the Akhenaten Temple Project describes the kingly heretic against the background of imperial Egypt. Donald Redford's work, available for the first time in paperback, shows Akhenaten to be even more fascinating in this context than in earlier, less realistic interpr
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Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Release date: 1 October 1987
ISBN-10 : 0691002177 | ISBN-13: 9780691002170
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Release date: 1 October 1987
ISBN-10 : 0691002177 | ISBN-13: 9780691002170