Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt

Author: William J. Murnane
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1555409660

Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Writings from the Ancient World. Society of Biblical Literat)

Akhenaten was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Download Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Writings from the Ancient World. Society of Biblical Literat) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. He is especially noted for attempting to compel the Egyptian population in the monotheistic worship of Aten. He was born to Amenhotep III and his Chief Queen Tiye and was their younger son. Akhenaten was not originally designated as the successor to the throne until the untimely death of his older brother, Thutmose. Amenhotep IV succeeded his father after Amenhotep III's death at the end of his 38-year reign. Akhenaten's chief wife was Nefertiti, made world-famous by the discovery of her exquisitely moulded & painted bust, now displayed in the Altes Museum of Berlin. Known as the Heretic King, Akhenaten lived at the peak of Egypt's imperial glory. Workers built hundreds of temples along Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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