Description
A lavishly illustrated portrait of historical Egypt’s heretic pharaoh sheds new mild at the turbulent occasions of Akhenaten’s reign; his efforts to impose upon his kingdom the worship of a single god; the political, cultural, social, and inventive sides of the Amarna generation; and the mysteries of Akhenaten, the destiny of his spouse Nefertiti, and the demise of his heir, Tutankhamun. 12,000 first printing.