lecture 17 amarna period (b)
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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”