Amarna
A Guide to the Ancient City of Akhetaten
$128.67
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2021
Summary
An illustrated cultural guide to the archaeological site of Amarna, the best-preserved pharaonic city in Egypt
Around three thousand years ago, the pharaoh Akhenaten turned his back on Amun, and most of the great gods of Egypt. Abandoning Thebes, he quickly built a grand new city in Middle Egypt, Akhetaten–Horizon of the Aten–devoted exclusively to the sun god Aten.
Huge open-air temples served the cult of Aten, while palaces were decorated with painted paveme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789774169823 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9774169824 |
| Author: | Anna Stevens |
| Publisher: | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Imprint: | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 974g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
“Providing a handy reference guide to the chronology, geography and main players in the story, this book will allow visitors to bring with them the definitive guide to the site. At once scholarly and also entirely accessible, it will instantly become indispensable for enthusiasts, students and scholars of the period and the place. I look forward to my copy becoming increasingly dog-eared with each visit I make to the site in future.“—Chris Naunton, author of Egyptologists’ Notebooks
“Part academic-reference, part field-guide, this book presents a dramatic and exciting story… Armana provides tremendous insight for Egyptologists and scholars into daily life in Egypt 3,000 years ago.“—AramcoWorld
Anna Stevens
Anna Stevens is a research archaeologist specializing in Egyptology, and Assistant Director of the Amarna Project. She is affiliated with Monash University, Australia and the University of Cambridge, UK.
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