The unknown Tutankhamun

by Eaton-Krauss, Marianne

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Full title :The unknown Tutankhamun / Marianne Eaton-Krauss.

Summary

"The reign of Tutankhamun was of major significance in the history of ancient Egypt. Following Howard Carter's discovery of the king's tomb in 1922, the story of the boy who became Pharaoh, died young and was buried in splendor at the height of Egyptian civilization captivated generations. But there exists a wide discrepancy between that saga and what scholarship has discovered in the last few decades about Tutankhamun's reign. A truer story is revealed, not by objects from his tomb, but by statuary, reliefs, paintings, and architecture from outside the Valley of the Kings. Marianne Eaton-Krauss, a leading authority on the boy king and the Amarna Period, guides readers through the recent findings of international research and the relevant documentation from a wide variety of sources, to create an accessible and comprehensive biography. Tracing Tutankhamun's life from birth to burial, she analyzes his parentage, his childhood as Prince Tutankhaten, his accession and change of name to Tutankhamun, his role in the restoration of the traditional cults and his own building projects, his death and burial, and the attitudes of his immediate successors to his reign. Illustrated with color and black-and-white images, the book includes extensive endnotes and selected bibliography, which will make it essential reading for students and scholars as well as anyone interested in Tutankhamun."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
Place of Publication:London, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781474261234, 147426123X, 9781472575630, 1472575636
DOI:10.5040/9781474261234
oclc:on1201426427
LC Classification:DT87.5
Dewey Decimal:932/.014092

Prince Tutankhaten -- King Tutankhaten -- Tutankhamun and the restoration -- Statues for Amun -- Tutankhamun's building projects -- Tutankhamun's funerary temple, his tomb and the sarcophagus found in it -- Tutankhamun's death and burial -- Epilogue.

Subjects

1570-1320 B.C Biographies Egypt Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty,… Égypte -- Histoire -- ca 1570-1320 av. … Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology History Pharaohs Pharaohs -- Biography Pharaons -- Biographies Tutankhamen,, King of Egypt