The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti (Paperback) : Amarna and Its People - Amarna and Its People

Informationen zum Autor Barry Kemp is Senior Research Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge; Chairman, Amarna Trust; and Director of the British Archaeological Mission to Tell el-Amarna. Among his books are Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation and the standard introduction to ancient Egypt: How to Read the “Egyptian Book of the Dead” . Klappentext Presents the history of the site of Tell el-Amarna from its foundation by the pharaoh Akhenaten in c 1344 bc to its abandonment just 16 or 17 years later! a few years after his death. This title includes nine chapters that cover the king's choice of the site and its development! and the layout of the city and its buildings. Vorwort The definitive account of Amarna, which combines a detailed account of the city and its inhabitants with an authoritative overview of the archaeology and history of the site - the fruits of more than three decades of research by world-renowned Egyptologist Barry Kemp Zusammenfassung A companion to Abydos in the New Aspects of Antiquity series, this book – a remarkable evocation of an ancient city – brings together for the first time the history of the site of Tell el-Amarna from its foundation by the pharaoh Akhenaten in c . 1344 bc to its abandonment just 16 or 17 years later, a few years after his death. Nine chapters cover the king’s choice of the site and its development, the layout of the city and its buildings, and puts it in the context of the society of the time. Over 260 illustrations, some 50 in colour, bring to life the remains and artefacts found at the site during its excavation. Barry Kemp, Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University, is a world-class scholar and writer and the acknowledged expert on Amarna and Akhenaten. This is certain to become the definitive work.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Kemo, Barry Kemp, Kemp Barry
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2013
• EAN: 9780500291207
• ISBN: 978-0-500-29120-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 350 mm x 250 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 1000 g
• Series: New Aspects of Antiquity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient History, African History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, African history: pre-colonial period, Tombs;Ancient Egypt