Akhenaten : history, fantasy, and ancient Egypt
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Akhenaten : history, fantasy, and ancient Egypt
Routledge, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-212) and index
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Description
The pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt in the mid-fourteenth century BCE, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in Egyptian history. This provocative new biography examines both the real Akhenaten and the myths that have been created around him. It scrutinises the history of the pharaoh and his reign, which has been continually written in Eurocentric terms inapplicable to ancient Egypt, and the archaeology of Akhenaten's capital city, Amarna. It goes on to explore the pharaoh's extraordinary cultural afterlife, and the way he has been invoked to validate everything from psychoanalysis to racial equality to Fascism.
Table of Contents
- Outline Chronology
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Chapter 1 Akhenaten in the Mirror
- Chapter 2 Histories of Akhenaten
- Chapter 3 The Archaeologies of Amarna
- Chapter 4 Protestants, Psychoanalysts and Fascists
- Chapter 5 Race and Religion
- Chapter 6 Literary Akhenatens
- Chapter 7 Sexualities
- Chapter 8 Epilogue
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