109: Queen Nefertiti feat. Dr. Joyce Tyldesley

Akhenaten (Part 2): The Great Queen(s)... In 1361 BCE, Amunhotep IV was settled into his power. It was time to find a queen - his choice would be one of Egypt's most famous women...
This episode covers Amunhotep's diplomatic engagements with Mitanni and the first appearance (and origins) of Nefertiti. Also, we present part 2 of our interview with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley of Manchester University...



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Select bibliography:



• Dorothea Arnold, Lyn Green and James Allen, The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, 1999 (MetMuseum (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/The_Royal_Women_of_Amarna_Images_of_Beauty_from_Ancient_Egypt) )


• Norman de Garis Davis, Rock Tombs of el-Amarna: Part VI: The Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu and Ay, 1908 (Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rocktombsofelama18davi) ).


• Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.


• Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010.


• Earl L. Ertman, “Images of Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti in the Style of the Previous Reign,” in Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, 2009 (Google Books (https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=jXEj4dnhvKMC&dq) ).


• James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten & the Origins of Monotheism, 2015.


• Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten: The Heretic King, 1987.


• Dominic Montserrat, Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, 2005.


• William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters, 1992.


• Nicholas Reeves, Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet, 2005.


• Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti’s Face: Creation of an Icon, 2018.


• Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.




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Видео 109: Queen Nefertiti feat. Dr. Joyce Tyldesley канала The History of Egypt Podcast