Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen - Hardcover

Tyldesley, Joyce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670869988 ISBN 13: 9780670869985

Publisher: Viking, 1998

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

'As a thoughtful, lucid report on the latest... evidence of Akhenaten's reign, Tyldesley's 'biography' is to be welcomed' -- Literary Review

Synopsis:

For over a decade Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenatem, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age. Her image and 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. Joyce Tyldesley provides a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, set against the background of the ephemeral Amarna Court.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0670869988
• ISBN 13: 9780670869985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240