Akhenaten : King of Egypt
Cyril Aldred (Author)
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 buildt 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 closely argued and forcefully written narrative that reads like an archaeological whodunit. -- Dust jacket
Print Book, English, 1988
Thames and Hudson, New York, N.Y., 1988