Our August meeting (Sunday 3rd, ONLINE via Zoom) will feature Dr Jacquelyn Williamson giving a talk on "Nefertiti's Sun Temple: Queenship and Death at Amarna".
Nefertiti's Sun Temple, called a "Sunshade of Re," is a fascinating puzzle. Although partially destroyed in antiquity, enough remains of its decoration to ask, and sometimes answer, new questions about the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt (1/3)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #amarna #nefertiti #ancientHistory
Mary Chubb pays tribute to the skill and efforts of the local labourers and excavators in several incidents in both of her books about excavations, "Nefertiti Lived Here" and "City In The Sand". I'm torn as to whether I'd like to visit the site of Amarna - whether I'd find it confusing and saddening or instead, inspiring, wonderful in the true sense...
Maybe, one of these days, I will find out!
#DreamsOfAmarna #Watercolours #Amarna #Akhetaten #Egyptology
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...#Nationalismus/
#Chauvinismus und #HeiligerKrieg Parallelen.
Bei einem "*heiligen*" Krieg ist jedoch die Begründung für Gläubige schon unangreifbar. Dem #Fanatismus sind schwer Grenzen zu setzen. Es kommt nicht selten zu einer Massenhysterie.
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1)wie am Anfang des Christentums wurden jedoch neben #Aton selbst in #Amarna die anderen Götter weiter angebetet.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echnaton?wprov=sfla1
I was an odd child.
At 7 I had a major fascination with Akhenaten and the Amarna Period of Ancient Kemet (Egypt).
I've been slowing working the script for a video essay about Akhenaten and his bad craziness 3378 years ago. Maybe it'll be done sometime in Autumn.
Photographer: Undetermined
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- #Moses and that rock
- #saying versus #doing
- #Bible readings
- #Amarna letter
- Book reviews: the #demonic, #history and #plague
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AN alluring mystery has surrounded this famous bust of Nefertiti since its discovery on December 6, 1912, incredibly intact and sporting vi...
Amarna polychrome glazed composition floral and foliate pendant beads
Egyptian New Kingdom, Late Dynasty XVIII, Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, circa 1360-1323 BCE
From a broad collar necklace, including white petals, green leaves, yellow tipped with red, and bright blue 'petals', all with attachments for threading. Each piece is a maximum of 2.7 cm long
Sold at auction by Christies, April 2011
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"Akhenaten founded and moved his dynastic government to, #Akhetaten, referred to as either #Amarna, El-Amarna, or Tell el-Amarna by modern scholars." 2)
The new #religion and the new capital did not survive the #pharaoh's death.
His likely son, #Tutankhamun, born #Tutankhaten, moved the capital back to #Thebes and reinstated the #Amun 2) priesthood.3)
Both...
ANCIENT Egyptians really did wear wax cones on their heads, according to archaeologists who have found two bodies at Amarna ... a mere 20 k...
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