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Akhenaten - Egypt's False Prophet (Paperback)
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Akhenaten - Egypt's False Prophet (Paperback)
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List price R393
Loot Price R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
You Save R37 (9%)
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One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history,
Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian
pharaoh. Known today as a heretic, Akhenaten sought to impose upon
Egypt and its people the worship of a single god - the sun - and in
so doing changed the country in every way. In this immensely
readable re-evaluation, Nicholas Reeves takes issue with the
existing view of Akhenaten, presenting an entirely new perspective
on the turbulent events of his seventeen-year reign. Reeves argues
that, far from being the idealistic founder of a new faith,
Akhenaten cynically used religion for purely political ends in a
calculated attempt to reassert the authority of the king. Backed up
by abundant archaeological and documentary evidence, Reeves's
closely written narrative also provides many new insights into
questions that have baffled scholars for generations - the puzzle
of the body in Tomb 55 in the Valley of the Kings; the fate of
Nefertiti, Akhenaten's beautiful wife, and the identity of the
mysterious successor, Smenkhkare; and the theory that Tutankhamun,
Akhenaten's son and true heir, was murdered.
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