Egypt's Golden Couple

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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250272882
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Egypt's Golden Couple by : John Darnell

Download or read book Egypt's Golden Couple written by John Darnell and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents. Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold funerary mask of his son Tutankhamun and the painted bust of his wife Nefertiti are the most recognizable artifacts from all of ancient Egypt. But who are Akhenaten and Nefertiti? And what can we actually say about rulers who lived more than three thousand years ago? November 2022 marks the centennial of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and although "King Tut" is a household name, his nine-year rule pales in comparison to the revolutionary reign of his parents. Akhenaten and Nefertiti became gods on earth by transforming Egyptian solar worship, innovating in art and urban design, and merging religion and politics in ways never attempted before. Combining fascinating scholarship, detective suspense, and adventurous thrills, Egypt's Golden Couple is a journey through excavations, museums, hieroglyphic texts, and stunning artifacts. From clue to clue, renowned Egyptologists John and Colleen Darnell reconstruct an otherwise untold story of the magnificent reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

The Last Heiress

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452063079
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Heiress by : Stephanie Liaci

Download or read book The Last Heiress written by Stephanie Liaci and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of ancient Egypt''s ambitious Eighteenth Dynasty, power, art, and learning have reached a zenith. Due to the nation''s yearly flooding, steady harvests, and plentiful gold, Egypt is the richest nation in the world. Ruling over this paradise is Pharaoh, considered a god-on-earth by his people. But on the death of Amunhotep III, his son, known to history as the Heretic King Akhenaten, enters into a war with the powerful priesthood of Amun and claims ownership of the souls of his people. He raises a new god for Egypt to worship, and banishes the ancient gods from the land. The consequences of this will lead to the downfall of the ruling dynasty, the very family that had made Egypt into a mighty empire. The delicate and beautiful third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Princess Ankhesenamun knows nothing but power and luxury. Her mother Nefertiti rules Akhenaten''s heart and other wives as her father rules the land. But when Nefertiti fails to give Akhenaten the son he desires, the princess''s pampered world begins to fall apart. And at the height of Akhenaten''s triumph over his people, an unexpected tragedy strikes the land, giving those oppressed a new reason to fight. Soon the chaos outside the King''s House explodes within, tearing the royal family apart. Watching from the shadows is Prince Tutankhamun. His mother was a princess, but she died after his birth, and he has grown up on the edge of the king''s favor because of Nefertiti''s strong influence. The crown, which he feels is his by right, is expected to go Nefertiti''s oldest daughter, but Akhenaten refuses to name an heir. Attended as the son of a god but isolated from his family, Tutankhamun spends his days surpassing his tutors, gaining his omnipotent father''s attention only by extreme achievement or reckless courage. Though dominated by her oldest sister, Tutankhamun''s born rival, young princess Ankhesenamun is drawn to the proud and mysterious black-eyed boy. As events in her home become intolerable and terrifying, Ankhesenamun finds that the prince her mother and sister fear is the only one that she can trust. Broken by the burden of a war with his own people, Pharaoh begins to lose control. Paranoid and accustomed to utter indulgence, he wields his absolute authority with ever more brutal hands. He betrays his young daughter in the cruelest of ways before his sudden death leaves the royal family without a king, and beset on all sides by their own countrymen. Ankhesenamun wants nothing to do with the ensuing power struggle between the Great Royal Wife, Nefertiti, and the First Daughter and her lover. But as a beautiful young king''s widow, her hands are bound to the throne. Horrified at the prospect of another unwanted marriage, Ankhesenamun turns to Prince Tutankhamun, and they flee the palace. But Tutankhamun is destined to be Pharaoh, as he has always known. Murder makes him a king at age ten, and he persuades a fragile Ankhesenamun to be his Great Royal Wife. Though Akhenaten has destroyed his family''s hold on power, Tutankhamun fearlessly takes up the crown. He pledges to make everything right again, not only for his enraged and traumatized people, but for the princess he loves with a fierce, possessive loyalty. Encouraged by his counsellors, Tutankhamun breaks his father''s laws and calls back the ancient gods to Egypt. In return, the gods bless the young king with the love of his people and a tranquil home. Ankhesenamun regains her strength, and sets out to command her palace and learn the ancient rites of Egypt''s goddesses. Though challenged by a mysterious and painful affliction that threatens to cripple him in only a few years, Pharaoh is determined to become a warrior and resurrect the mighty imperial army of his ancestors. As the pair grows to maturity, they break free of the horrors of childhood and discover a love so powerful it''s blinding. It seems that all is well in Egypt, but as Pharaoh and his wife enchant each other, new enemies rear up against them. Corrupt courtiers and a powerful empire growing out of the north, as well as snake in the very heart of the king''s home all threaten the young king and queen of Egypt, and Tutankhamun must become increasingly ruthless to battle them all. When a horrible act of terror and defiance against the king brings Tutankhamun face to face with his father''s ghost, he loses faith in himself and must decide what sort of man he will be. Ankhesenamun adores her young husband, and she is determined to be nothing like her mother. But though blessed with a child, she has fatal complications with her next pregnancy. She battles with love and fear daily, and after another tragic loss, she questions if she wants more children. Her marriage is strained by Tutankhamun''s growing comfort with the darker sides of power, and she is determined to keep him from losing his soul like Akhenaten did. She wants nothing more than the life she has with Tutankhamun, without any interruption from the ghosts of the past. Just when Ankhesenamun and her husband learn to accept fate and enjoy their blessings, Tutankhamun dies a tragic death while fighting Egypt''s fiercest enemies. The pampered and delicate young queen is left alone, and as she brings her husband to his final rest, she discovers the terrifying truth that her husband''s death might have been set up by enemies in her very home. Caught in a viper''s nest of greed and betrayal, Ankhesenamun must plunge into a world of intrigue and corruption if she means to avenge her family and save her people from a usurper. Hanging her own life in the balance, she must play a subtle and deadly game of power in order to destroy a killer.

Egypt's Golden Empire

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ISBN 13 : 9780747251606
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Egypt's Golden Empire by : Joyce A. Tyldesley

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Egypt's Golden Empire

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Publisher : Headline Review
ISBN 13 : 9780747251705
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (517 download)

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Book Synopsis Egypt's Golden Empire by : Joyce A. Tyldesley

Download or read book Egypt's Golden Empire written by Joyce A. Tyldesley and published by Headline Review. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Egyptian Gold

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Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452508518
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Book Synopsis Egyptian Gold by : Kila el Amarna

Download or read book Egyptian Gold written by Kila el Amarna and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, sex, war, and magic … In 330 BC in Egypt, a beautiful young girl named K’ilah had no grasp of the adventures she was destined to know. Already, she had seen twelve risings of the Nile, and she was not yet married. This upset her; most girls her age were married and already had two children. But in a flash—as quick as lightning—she would find that she no longer had time to obsess about her lack of a family. She was about to be catapulted into a world of challenges so daunting that most men would run from them. Overnight, K’ilah’s destiny became grander than any she could understand at such an age. She was destined to ascend the throne as queen and pharaoh of Egypt. Through K’ilah’s wide and ambitious eyes, a new view of ancient Egypt emerges, in which the true identity of the prophet Moses is revealed. Despite what historians say, he was not the child of slaves. Hidden papyrus text revealed Moses was actually the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten. King Darius of Persia, Alexander the Great, Akhenaten, and his dangerous queen, Nefertiti, all play their parts in K’ilah’s strange new world. Love, sex, war, and magic are timeless elements in a story that reaches across the ages in Egyptian Gold: The Journey, the first book in Kila el Amarna’s trilogy.

Nefertiti

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141949791
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Nefertiti by : Joyce Tyldesley

Download or read book Nefertiti written by Joyce Tyldesley and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a decade Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world; a beautiful queen blessed by the sun-god, adored by her family and worshipped by her people. Her image and her name were celebrated throughout Egypt and her future seemed golden. Suddenly Nefertiti disappeared from the royal family, vanishing so completely that it was as if she had never been. No record survives to detail her death, no monument serves to mourn her passing and to this day her end remains an enigma - her body has never been found. Joyce Tyldesley here provides a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, Egypt's sun queen, set against the background of the ephemeral Amarna court.

The Woman Who Would Be King

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307956784
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis The Woman Who Would Be King by : Kara Cooney

Download or read book The Woman Who Would Be King written by Kara Cooney and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascended to the rank of pharaoh. Shrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She successfully negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign saw one of Ancient Egypt’s most prolific building periods. Constructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, noted Egyptologist Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power—and why she fell from public favor just as quickly. The Woman Who Would Be King traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power.

Nefertiti

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307394212
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Book Synopsis Nefertiti by : Michelle Moran

Download or read book Nefertiti written by Michelle Moran and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “compulsively readable” (Diana Gabaldon) novel teeming with love, betrayal, and religious conflict that brings ancient Egypt to vivid life, from the author of Cleopatra’s Daughter “Meticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in history.”—The Boston Globe Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. It is hoped that her strong personality will temper the young ruler’s heretical desire to forsake Egypt’s ancient gods. From the moment of her arrival in Thebes, Nefertiti is beloved by the people, but she fails to see that powerful forces are plotting against her husband’s reign. The only person brave enough to warn the queen is her younger sister, yet remaining loyal to Nefertiti will force Mutnodjmet into a dangerous political game—one that could cost her everything she holds dear.

Women in Ancient Egypt

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674954694
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (546 download)

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Book Synopsis Women in Ancient Egypt by : Gay Robins

Download or read book Women in Ancient Egypt written by Gay Robins and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gay Robins discusses the role of royal women, queenship and its divine connotations, and describes the exceptional women who broke the bounds of tradition by assuming real power."--Back cover.

The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran

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Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 : 030795224X
Total Pages : 1195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran by : Michelle Moran

Download or read book The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran written by Michelle Moran and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 1195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three beloved novels by national bestselling author Michelle Moran are now available for the first time in one complete digital collection. Delve into these stories for an engrossing trip back in time, full of powerful family dynasties, court intrigue, and brave heroines. The novels, which bring to vivid life some of the most fascinating characters of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome, each include a reading group guide. An exciting excerpt from Moran’s newest novel Madame Tussaud is also included. Nefertiti The dramatic and historically accurate story of two unforgettable women—Nefertiti and her younger sister—living through a remarkable period of political unrest. The Heretic Queen In Ancient Egypt, Nefertiti’s niece, Princess Nefertari, must overcome her family’s past and remake history. Cleopatra’s Daughter The incredible untold story of the orphaned children of Cleopatra, Egypt’s most powerful and notorious ruler, who are raised in the Ancient Roman court of their parents’ greatest rival. A sneak peek at Madame Tussaud Michelle Moran departs from the ancient world and enters the gilded but troubled court of Marie Antoinette with the intriguing story of Marie Tussaud, a woman who survived the French Revolution only by creating death masks of the beheaded aristocracy.

The Gold of Honour in New Kingdom Egypt

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Publisher : Australian Centre for Egyptology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Gold of Honour in New Kingdom Egypt by : Susanne Binder

Download or read book The Gold of Honour in New Kingdom Egypt written by Susanne Binder and published by Australian Centre for Egyptology. This book was released on 2008 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gold of Honour" is a prestigious reward, mainly in the form of gold collars, which ancient Egyptian officials received from their king. The study analyses the archaeological, iconographic and inscriptional evidence for the reward in the New Kingdom. It explores the reasons why the officials were honoured and how the kings distributed their favours. The Gold of Honour emerges as a status symbol of king-centred, as opposed to role-based, ranking in society.

Nile gleanings concerning the ethnology, history and art of ancient Egypt as revealed by Egyptian paintings and bas-reliefs

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Total Pages : 700 pages
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Book Synopsis Nile gleanings concerning the ethnology, history and art of ancient Egypt as revealed by Egyptian paintings and bas-reliefs by : Henry Windsor Villiers Stuart

Download or read book Nile gleanings concerning the ethnology, history and art of ancient Egypt as revealed by Egyptian paintings and bas-reliefs written by Henry Windsor Villiers Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt & Other Countries

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Total Pages : 330 pages
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Book Synopsis Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt & Other Countries by : John Henry Gurney

Download or read book Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt & Other Countries written by John Henry Gurney and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Wife Out of Egypt

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Total Pages : 380 pages
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Book Synopsis A Wife Out of Egypt by : Norma Lorimer

Download or read book A Wife Out of Egypt written by Norma Lorimer and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Force of Destiny

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519793959
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (939 download)

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Book Synopsis Force of Destiny by : Belinda James

Download or read book Force of Destiny written by Belinda James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel is based on the lives of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Queen Nefertiti, who reigned in the 18th dynasty. It begins with the arrival of the child Nefertiti into Egypt. By the age of thirteen she was married to Akhenaten who was seventeen. The story goes through their lives to their final end, in revolution. After which time, their names were removed from the Royal records and most of their statues were destroyed. Little remains today of the history of their lives and the manner of their death still remains a mystery. In my story I have entered into their private lives and also the many people who possibly surrounded them. I have used all my research and also the latest evidence of their lives, together with the lives of the whole family. All factual information has been incorporated to create a story containing great drama, tragedy and passionate love. Also part of the story is a fictional account of what could have happened. After researching, I have written my novel and much of it is based on what I have gathered together about them and all those who were involved in their lives.

The S S E A Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis The S S E A Journal by : Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

Download or read book The S S E A Journal written by Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blue Gold

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Publisher : Siren Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781606012246
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis Blue Gold by : Lindsay Townsend

Download or read book Blue Gold written by Lindsay Townsend and published by Siren Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Epic Historical Romance] Ancient Egypt, 1560 B.C. Ruling Upper Egypt from Thebes, Pharaoh Sekenenre has many enemies. Aweserre, whose grandfather seized the crown of Lower Egypt. Kamose and Ahhotpe, his son and daughter, who plot to rule in his place. And, most dangerous, the storm-god Set. It is a time of famine. To prosper a man must be civilized and ruthless. Ramose, priest and Vizier, is all of these. Kasa, a farmer, must learn to be like him to survive. Neith, wife of Ramose, is driven, first to drink, then to courage. Hathor, who killed her son, finds love, desertion, then a second chance at love. Tiyi, the gentle masseuse, is desired by many, but desires only one. Watched by the gods of Egypt, the conflict reaches its climax in war. The pyramids, a thousand years old when the story begins, play a crucial part.Behind all is the God Set, with his question: 'What am I?' ** "The God Set or Seth in ancient Egyptian mythology is a mystery, represented by a strange animal. In 'Blue Gold' I set out to explore this mystery in the most direct and exciting way I could. And I've always loved the pyramids!" Lindsay ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance