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Akhenaten
Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet | Nicholas Reeves
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A lavishly illustrated portrait of ancient Egypt's heretic pharaoh sheds new light on the turbulent events of Akhenaten's reign; his efforts to impose upon his kingdom the worship of a single god; the political, cultural, social, and artistic facets of the Amarna era; and the mysteries of Akhenaten, the fate of his wife Nefertiti, and the death of his heir, Tutankhamun. 12,000 first printing.
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shanaqui
Mehso-so

Not as innovative as it wants to think it is, and lacking in evidence for its points. Discusses the “murder“ of Tutankhamun and completely ignores the evidence of the recent CT scan that there was no such thing.

There are some interesting speculations and a reasonably thorough going-over of the evidence, but also big gaps.

shanaqui Hm: the book cover didn't make this clear because it talks about being new and revolutionary, but the text was originally written before then and seems to be unedited in this 2019 edition. Nonetheless, I still have qualms. My full review talks more about this: https://breathesbooks.com/2019/11/15/review-akhenaten/ 5y
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shanaqui

This is so much my thing it might as well have come off the shelf dancing with pompoms and flashing my name in lights! Got started on it already. Back cover promises insight into whether Tutankhamen was murdered, which I thought I remembered had been discredited... But we'll see, we'll see. I don't know that much about excavations at Amarna despite my interest in the period, so that first introductory chapter was really helpful context.