lecture 17 amarna period (b)

HISTORY 26

Lecture Seventeen:

Imperial Egypt andthe Amarna Period(c. 1458 - 1336 BC)

The New KingdomDynasty 18 (1550 - 1295 BC)

AhmoseAmenhotep IThutmose IThutmose IIQueen HatshepsutThutmose IIIAmenhotep IIThutmose IV

Amenhotep IIIAmenhotep IV/

AkhenatenNeferneferuatenTutankhamunAyHoremheb

Expedition to Punt

Djeser djeseru, ‘Holy of Holies’

(Deir el-Bahri)

Mentuhotep’s Mortuary Complex

(Deir el-Bahri)

Hatshepsut Maatkara(1473 - 1458 BC)

‘He who shall do her homage shall live, he who shall speak evil in blasphemy of her Majesty shall die.’

A symbiotic relationship with her nobles– Private tombs at

Thebes and Saqqara– Private statues

dedicated at Karnak The dishonoring of

Hatshepsut

Thutmose III Menkheperra(1479 - 1425 BC)

Thutmose III on the Seventh Pylon

of the Temple of Amun (Karnak)

Amenhotep II Aakheperura(1427 - 1400 BC)

Military expeditions give way to the importance of Syrian luxury goods– Yearly deliveries

(inu)– Tomb of Kenamun

The king of Mitanni is transformed from arch-enemy to “brother”

Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye

(1390 - 1352 BC)

The Aten

Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti(1352 - 1336 BC)

Atum, Shu, and Tefnut

The Aten, Amenhotep, and Nefertiti

From Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten

Akhetaten, “Horizon of the Aten”

(Tell el-Amarna)

From Amenhotep, “Amun is pleased”to Akhenaten, “He who acts

effectively on behalf of the Aten”