Amarna Sunrise: Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy

Amarna Sunrise: Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy Paperback – 27 Dec 2016

by Aidan Dodson

The latter part of the fifteenth century bc saw Egypts political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in the north to much of what is now Sudan in the south. The wealth that flowed into Egypt allowed its kings to commission some of the most stupendous temples of all time, some of the greatest dedicated to Amun-Re, King of the Gods. Yet a century later these temples lay derelict, the gods images, names, and titles all erased in an orgy of iconoclasm by Akhenaten, the devotee of a single sun-god. This book traces the history of Egypt from the death of the great warrior-king Thutmose III to the high point of Akhenatens reign, when the known world brought gifts to his newly-built capital city of Amarna, in particular looking at the way in which the cult of the sun became increasingly important to even orthodox kings, culminating in the transformation of Akhenatens father, Amenhotep III, into a solar deity in his own right.

Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press; Reprint edition (27 Dec. 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9774167740

ISBN-13: 978-9774167744

Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 1.5 x 15.2 cm