The Tomb of Parennefer, Butler of Pharaoh Akhenaten
Theban Tomb 188
$228.21
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2022
Summary
Theban Tomb 188 is the sole archaeological site in the ancient Theban necropolis securely dated to the reign of the “heretic pharaoh” Akhenaten (1353–1336 BCE). The result of several years of clearance and recording by Dr. Susan Redford, director of the Akhenaten Temple Project’s Theban Tomb Survey, this richly illustrated book provides a detailed description of the remaining wall scenes and texts of this historically important ancient monument.
In the fourteenth century BCE, Pharaoh …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781646021925 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1646021924 |
| Author: | Susan Redford |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Eisenbrauns |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 975g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“…this is a beautifully produced volume that addresses, in detail, the archaeology of a historically important ancient Egyptian monument… . Perhaps most significantly, Redford’s definitive guide to this tomb, and to Parennefer himself, provides unique insight into the changes in art and culture at that time, especially at a non-royal level of society.”
—Elizabeth Eltze Bryn Mawr Classical Review
About The Author
Susan Redford
Susan Redford is an Egyptologist on faculty at the Pennsylvania State University. She is Director of the Theban Tomb Survey and Associate Director of the Akhenaten Temple Project, and she has for forty years been conducting excavations at East Karnak and Mendes. She is the author of The Harem Conspiracy: The Murder of Ramesses III.
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