Marianne Eaton-Krauss

The Unknown Tutankhamun (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472575623
• Artikelnr.: 43824708

Autorenporträt

Marianne Eaton-Krauss is an Egyptologist who has taught at universities in Berlin, Muenster, and Marburg, Germany, and written more than 50 articles about Tutankhamun and the Amarna Period. Her publications on objects from the king's tomb include, most recently, The Thrones, Chairs, Stools, and Footstools from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Prince Tutankhaten Chapter 2 King
Tutankhaten Chapter 3 Tutankhamun and the Restoration Chapter 4 Statues for
Amun Chapter 5 Tutankhamun's Building Projects Chapter 6 Tutankhamun's
Funerary Temple, his Tomb and the Sarcophagus found in it Chapter 7
Tutankhamun's Death and Burial Epilogue Map Chronology Abbreviations
Endnotes Selected Bibliography