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A stunning re-creation of the life of an ancient Egyptian queen tells of the Pharaoh Akhenaton and his beautiful wife, whose painted bust has made her instantly recognizable to the world, and explores the reasons for her sudden disappearance from history.

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She was the beloved wife of "heretic king" Akhenaton, who defied ancient custom by practicing monotheism and by elevating Nefertiti far above the role of subservient consort previously played by Egyptian queens. Her image has ravished Western viewers ever since a magnificent limestone bust unearthed at the royal retreat of Amarna went on display in Berlin in 1924. But frustratingly few facts are known about this woman who lived more than three millennia ago. As she did in Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh, British archeologist Joyce Tyldesley makes a virtue of necessity by writing a book that is as much a cultural history as a biography. As Akhenaton swept away the plethora of old gods, dismaying many of his subjects, he needed a strong female figure to soften the abstract austerity of Aten, the sun deity; his beautiful queen was celebrated in official art and inscriptions that focused on the domestic life of the royal family. Tyldesley meticulously analyzes this iconography to evaluate Nefertiti's position in Egypt and her importance to her husband, who clearly cherished her beyond the demands of propriety or political necessity. The author cannot give readers a strong sense of Nefertiti's personality--the evidence simply isn't there--but she paints a wonderfully evocative picture of life at the civilized heart of the ancient world. --Wendy Smith
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Joyce Tyldesley was born in Bolton, Lancashire. She gained a first-class honours degree in archaeology from liverpool University and a doctorate from Oxford. She is now Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies at Liverpool University and a freelance writer and lecturer on Egyptian archaeology. Her most recent book, HATCHEPSUT: THE FEMALE PHAROAH was published to much acclaim.

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  • PublisherViking Adult
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0670869988
  • ISBN 13 9780670869985
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages300
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