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A biography of the notorious god-king of ancient Egypt

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0500276218
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The revolutionary cult of sun-worship that Akhenaten introduced, and such contentious issues as the role of Nefertiti as a goddess, the dominant part played by plague during Akhenaten's reign, and likely events of the king's twilight years are treated with new insight and set within the framework of an authoritative overview of the entire period.

About the Author

Cyril Aldred was among the first to graduate in the History of Art at the newly founded Courtauld Institute of Art, London, in 1936, and studied Egyptology as an art historian. From 1961 to 1974 he was Keeper of the Department of Art and Archaeology at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, and he also served as Associate Curator fot e Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He died in 1991. His many publications include Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom (1965), Akhenaten and Nefertiti (1973), Jewels of the Pharaohs (2nd edn, 1978), Tutankhamen, Craftsmanship in Gold in the Reign of the King (1979), The Egyptians (rev. edn, 1987), and Akhenaten: King of Egypt (1988).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thames & Hudson (April 17, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0500276218
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500276211
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.76 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.9 x 1.2 x 10.1 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,183,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #439 in Egyptian History (Books)
- #683 in Historical Middle East Biographies

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GlevumGuy.

Seeing the light.

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017

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There is a lot in this book about ancient Egypt, in more detail than most people would ever need to know, and its well written. But i was hoping to learn more about Akhenaten, that this book would be more biographical in nature but there was relatively little I could find here about the man himself. I am particularly interested in his 'spiritual' experience, his meeting with 'god', a sphere radiating light, which led him, amongst other things i suppose, to implement very radical changes, one god etc. which today would be a task similar to reverting America to a monarchy and asking everyone in New York to move to Boise. So in order for Akhenaten to accomplish this, as he did, the energy behind his motivation, (seeing god ?), must have been limitless. It's just that about 50 years ago, when I was in my mid 20's, a new convert, I casually asked god what he looked like and had it seems a similar experience to Akhenaten's. So through him I was hoping to find further confirmation of what I saw, (though on a personal level I don't need it), for in the West other than Moses and the 'burning bush', and 'the light that is in the clouds', Job 37, and of course Akhenaten, as far as i am aware there aren't any actual 'face to face' experiences of god recorded.

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Ty & Norka Jenkins

King of Fools

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2006

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Amazing book, for two reasons. First the amount of information contained within and second the shear ignorance of the author. The first book written about Amenophis IV aka Akhenaten which does not attack his crediblity, legacy and character will be the first. Aldred sinks to the depths of his era while doing all he can to discredit any positive attributes and accomplishments to this historic figure. Egyptologists enjoy a distinct advantage over other non-fiction writers in that they are free spin deceptive webs which are vitually unverifiable to the general public for decades inorder to attack their subjects with wild claims, stories and inuendo. It is amazing that a researcher of Aldred's acclaim would focus so much on unfounded allegations of incest, adultry and homosexuality that I began to wonder what dark secrets lay in his past.

It is clear that the author had an agenda and that agenda was to control the legend which he clearly feels is out of control. As for the appearance of Akhenaten the author refers to the physical appearance of his subject numerous times as hideous, grotesque, etc. In an effort to justify his harsh and ignorant rants he fosters the claim that the Pharoah must have suffered from some "then unknown," ailment. Nothing supports any of the slanderous claims made by the researchers, Egyptologists and historical revisionists. What Akhenaten suffered from was the same ailment King Tut and most of the other Egyptian Pharoah's were saddled with and it is unofficially known as Nubianism. There is no known cure for this curious illness which has struck fear in the hearts of mindless curators, Egyptologists and historians for centuries. It is rumored to have been around since the dawn of time despite the best efforts to suppress its rapid spread. If you have alot of patience and genuinely love the subject than you might find this title worthy of purchase but yourself a favor and pick it up from the bargain bin...

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Richard A Lynch

scholarly work needs to be available as epub

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2019

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This publication has described the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt better and more in depth than anything I have read regarding this time period. Rife with footnotes and back up information, it stands alone. This is the second time I purchased this book. I wore the first out with notes and re-rereading. It is a pity it is not available as an ebook. I am tempted at times to scan the volume myself

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2020

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Dated but there is a lot of good information.

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Randee719

Greatest pharaoh of them all

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016

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Greatest pharaoh of them all. Some call him the first monotheist of history. I call him the first non-conformist. Original thinker that we know way too little about, but I think he was a 'beautiful person' centuries before the phrase was coined.

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H. B. Baldwin

The Face that Closed a Thousand Temples.

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2016

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Though some features are out of date, overall Aldred's book is very fine. From describing the history of the Heretic Pharaoh and the gradual unraveling of who he was and why he was important in history.

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mohammed alfaris

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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2017

Good book

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It exceeded my expectations!!

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Mustafa Kulle

The Best Book on the Subject

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2020

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Akhenaten is the "blasphemous" Egyptian King who invented Monotheism.
The idea of scrapping the Worshipping of all the other Gods only to worship the Sun as a single Diety.
To the Egyptians at the time, this was unthinkable. After he died, many tried to erase him and his ideas from hisotry. And yet his legacy lives on.

This book goes through in detail all the evidence that was discovered about him, and then it talks about the tombs in the Capital he tried to build, Amarna. It talks about the mysteries surrounding Akhenaten.

This book gives us lists of names of the Pharoahs, their wives, and who ruled when. This made understanding who did what when much easier. There are dates we can always refer back to.

Although the biography of the King himself is vague and not as fully detailed as one might hope, this book explains the hsitorical context very well.

It covers Egypt's foreign policy regarding its relations with the Hittites, the Assyrians and even Alashiya (Cyprus).
It also covers home affairs. This way it builds a picture which enables us to imagine the sort of place Egypt was when Amenophis IV (aka Amenhotep IV) ascended the throne.

At the time, the kingdom of Egypt was divided into north and south, however Akhenaten attempted to unify the kingdom by building a whole new capital city in the middle of it called Amarna, where he moved his entire family. This is where you find a lot of tombs referenced in the book with all the names of his family members, and the evidence for their tombs.

The plates include wall paintings, diagrams, maps, and photographs.
Throughout the book, there are references to these images which help explain things really well.

It feels like a journal. It gives you the feeling that you are at the location of where Akhenaten lived and was buried.

This book has lots of useful information.

My only problem with this book however is that it gives very vague reasons why he despised the pagan practices and why he rejected the other Gods. This would have been the key to understanding why he did what he did.

However, this is still the best book on the subject.

Carol Don-Merritt

akhenaten

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2014

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very intresting man , this book was a mine of information , no ordinary guy , he had lots of ideas of his own , well before his time , people didn't like it but he was very special . Really good read .

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T・Takahashi

いい本です。

Reviewed in Japan on April 28, 2011

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Redfordの『 Akhenaten: The Heretic King』とともに、アマルナ時代に興味を持った人は、必ずと言っていいほど読む本です。
おそらく『消されたファラオ』のネタ本と思われ、少なくても『消されたファラオ』の作者は、この本に、かなり影響を受けていると思われます。
厚く読み応えのある本で、アマルナ時代を、ほぼ網羅しています。
ただし、出版されてから、かなり経つので、最近の研究と矛盾するところもありますが、これは仕方ないことでしょう。
なお、多くのバージョンが出ていますが、わざわざハードカバーの高い本は買わなくても、内容はそれほど変わりません。
入手可能なものでＯＫでしょう。

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Tryl Fabian

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2016

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Everythihk is ok

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