ISBN10: 0500050481, ISBN13: 9780500050484, [publisher: London & NY. 1989. Thames & Hudson] Hardcover black & gilt decorative (dolphins) hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 7"x10"). large book. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 2nd printing. b&w frontis. 320p. b&w map with insets. chronology. 77 glossy b&w photos. 29 b&w illustrations. sources of quotations. list of illustrations. select bibliography. index. ancient history. biography. archaeology. ancient egypt. ~ The character of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten has provoked more debate than that of almost any other figure of ancient times. Poet, artistic innovator, madman, visionary, reactionary, instigator of monotheism and forerunner of Christ, or literal atheist ~ the controversy continues. But who was this godking, the notorious predecessor of Tutankhamun in the fourteenth century BC ? What was the impact on ancient Egypt when he overturned the established religion and built a new capital city on the Nile at Amarna? One of the world's leading Egyptologists, Cyril Aldred, whose earlier book, Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt is already a classic work, now reassesses the evidence in a ...
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