1st Edition

Akhenaten History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt

By Dominic Montserrat Copyright 2000
240 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

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. Often called the originator of monotheism and the world's first recorded individual, he has fascinated and inspired both scholars of Egyptology and creative talents as diverse as Sigmund Freud and Philip Glass. This provocative biography... Read more
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;

Biography

Dominic Montserrat

'I can thoroughly recommend the refreshingly idiosyncratic approach to the phenomenon of Amarna in Akhenaten. Dr Montserrat has clearly read both deeply and widely in areas which for many of us are very much at the periphery of our Egyptological interests.' - Egyptian Archaeology