A brief summary of all the archaeological works done on the site is necessary before going deeper into the actual work. Amarna was first discovered by the French Jesuit‚ Father Claude Sicard in 1714. He was the first to describe one of the stelae that delimited the boundary of the city. The first map of Amarna was established by geographers during Napoléon Bonaparte’s expedition in Egypt in 1798-1799.1 The ruins of the city were later explored by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson in the 1820s and an another
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Akhenaton and Amarna Art During the reign of the 18th Dynasty‚ Akhenaton had made his kingdom very wealthy and powerful‚ but at the same time he also changed art in his time period which became known as the Amarna Period. Art in the Amarna period was very different from the stiff and unemotional art from the earlier Egyptian dynasties. Akhenaton was very influential on the art; it seemed that he wanted the art to convey real life taking place. Even though portrayal of Akhenaton himself seems exaggerated
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Nefertiti was Akhenaten’s chief wife and consort for most of the Amarna period. The name Nefertiti means ‘the beautiful woman has come’‚ which has led to speculation that she was not of Egyptian birth. Though she may have not been Egyptian‚ Akhenaten often referred to Nefertiti as ‘the mistress of happiness’. All evidence suggests that their marriage was a happy one and that Akhenaten regarded her as his equal. When the couple moved to Amarna‚ Akhenaten describes her of one of the boundary stelae at
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Nefertiti has played a more dominant religious and political role than any other queens consort. It was implied that Akhenaten had great affection and devotion to his wife. Their affectionate relationship has been publicly displayed through the Amarna Art Style. This can be shown through a small stele depicting Nefertiti and Akhenaten with three out of six of their daughters. In this illustration‚ the daughters and being held and caressed by their parents with the sun disc (Aten) spilling it’s
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Akhenaten was an 18th Dynasty Pharaoh. He was the proposed son of Amenhotep III and Tiye. Amenhotep wasn’t like normal people of Egypt‚ as he was portrayed to be deformed. . Queen Tiye who then chose Akhenaten to take the throne and he became Pharaoh. During his reign as Pharaoh‚ Akhenaten became very controversial. Akhenaten had changed centuries and dynasties of belief and religion and the way all Egyptians had been living Akhenaten also changed religion. He changed how they worship gods
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Queen Nefertiti is an Egyptian queen from 1353 to 1336 B.C‚ she is known as the most mysterious queen to reign in Egypt‚ she known as the most powerful queen‚ and was seen as an important part of Egypt. Queen Nefertiti reigned in the throne next to Pharaoh Akhenaten. She’s known for being the most powerful queen and for being the most beautiful woman in Egypt. Queen Nefertiti is known as the most mysterious queen to reign in Egypt. There are various theories many from where she is from to who
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Historical Context Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Dominated by the Nile River Key facts about the Nile: - 7000km in length - formed from 3 rivers; the white Nile‚ the Blue Nile and the Atbara - Flows north towards the Mediterranean sea - broken up in 6 places by impenetrable rocky outcrops and rapids known as cataracts - Consists of three sections * narrow 800km stretch
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sought to make Aten the supreme deity‚ he closed temples of other gods and challenged the supremacy of chief god Amon‚ he is sometimes credited with the creation of monotheism however it most likely a claim for power‚ built a new capital at modern day Amarna‚ halfway between Memphis and Thebes‚ created a new style of art‚ women were depicted with elongated heads and limbs with swollen abdomens‚ reforms were resented‚ after his death everything was overturned‚ Amon was reinstated as chief god‚ the capital
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In this modern era countries which are being considered developed centuries ago they did not exist but the regions did exit thousands and thousands of years are now the victim of these newly evolved powerful countries. In the modern era‚ countries feel empowered to steal culture from countries where our ancestors came from without any repercussions. But the world should be a better place when laws and rules exist. However‚ it is not since these laws and rules have been created to oppress the nations
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Natalie MacPherson Davis English 100‚ Section 1024 30 April 2016 Akhenaten: Why the Aten? I crawl through the small tunnels of tomb KV55‚ an archeological dig that was opened over a century ago. This is the tomb of Queen Tiye‚ wife of Amenhotep III and mother of the future ruler Akhenaten. It is strange then‚ that Akhenaten’s body would be found in her tomb (Lorenz). But this strange occurance is just the final product of the intriguing life that Akhenaten experienced as a life ruled by a single
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