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Ancient Records of Egypt - VOL. 2: THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Ancient Records of Egypt - VOL. 2: THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY (Paperback, annotated edition)
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This volume extends Breasted's remarkable documentary history
through the reign of King Tutankhamun. By providing the first
definitive transcription and the first English version of hundreds
of historical records inscribed on papyrus or leather or carved in
stone, Breasted gave unprecedented access to details of royal
succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative
complexity, and other aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Originally published in the first decade of the twentieth century,
his monumental work appears here in paperback for the first time.
The Eighteenth Dynasty saw the consolidation of the cult of Amun
and the expansion of the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, as well as a
religious revolution under King Akhenaten that involved abandoning
Thebes as a religious capital and royal residence and founding a
new city devoted to the service of the new solar god, Aten.
Breasted presents records of the biography and coronation of Queen
Hatshepsut, including reliefs that depict the queen's expedition to
the land of Punt. Also in this volume are the annals of Thutmose
III, providing the most complete account of the military
achievements of any Egyptian king; scenes representing the
supernatural birth and coronation by the gods of his son, Amenhotep
II; and inscriptions from the tomb of Rekhmire, prime minister or
vizier under Thutmose III, that include a listing of taxes paid to
the temple and foreign tribute proceeding from the king's two
decades of military activity in Asia. A herculean assemblage of
primary documents, many of which have deteriorated to illegibility
since its original publication, Ancient Records of Egypt
illuminates both the incredible complexity of Egyptian society and
the almost insuperable difficulties of reconstructing a lost
civilization.
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