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    stone sculpture from the New Kingdom. One is in raised relief and of a man named Mai and his wife Urel. These two are not royalty but are relatives of a man named Ramose and this work is from his tomb. They are part of an image of guests seated at a banquet. The second is a sunk relief sculpture of a king from this same time period named Akhenaten. We see him here with his wife Nefertiti and his three daughters‚ his son was not in this sculpture. This essay focuses on why the stone sculptures will

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    Akhenaten:)Personality)Study) Historical)Context) Geography‚+topography+and+resources+of+Egypt+and+its+Neighbors+ ! • • • • • • Located!on!the!north!east!coast!of!Africa! Bordered!Libya‚!Nubia‚!Sinai!and!Mediterranean!sea.!Neighbored!with!Hittites!and! Mitanni!as!well.!! Long!narrow!countrywide!cut!into!desert!cliffs.! The!Nile:!provided!irrigation!for!crop!growing‚!water‚!fish‚!mud!for!bricks‚!leisure! pursuits!and!banks!for!papyrus!to!grow.!! Upper!and!Lower!Egypt.! Protected!by!some!natural!barriers

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    Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten Egypt was under a new and very different reign when Amenhotep IV was crowned as the next Egyptian king in 1353 BC. Amenhotep IV was a lover of the god Aten‚ the sun disc‚ which became of the change in the empire. The pharaoh later changed his name to Akhenaten after he had begun ensuring the desecration of the inscriptions and temples to the gods Amun and Mut. It was speculated that he changed his name around the time of his fifth or sixth year as pharaoh‚ the same time he

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    Statue of Akhenaten Statues come in many different forms‚ sizes‚ styles‚ and reasons. After watching our online video and I saw a statue from “The New Kingdom” of the infamous Pharaoh Akhenaten. I was intrigued by the unusual features of this statue. They were unlike the traditional features on a statue I am accustomed to. My research was to find out a little more about this Pharaoh and why he was featured so radically different from the typical statues I was accustomed seeing from ancient times

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    The Origins of Akhenaten There is much that is known about Akhenaten the heretic pharaoh. More lies in speculation. Since his time‚ the Amarna period is one the ancient Egyptians themselves wished to forget much about Akhenaten remains unknown. What we do know is often confusing‚ different hypothesis piled upon each other make it difficult to distinguish what is fact and what speculation. We do know that Akhenaten‚ or Amenhotep IV‚ was the second son of Amenhotep III‚ an 18th Dynasty pharaoh

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    Akhenaten is often not credited as being one of the great pharaoh’s of ancient Egypt; his name is not as recognized as his son‚ Tutankhamen. However he deserves acknowledged for being a revolutionary leader. Akhenaten is most well-known as being a spiritual enthusiast and instigator of revolution within the kingdom of Egypt. Many historians have recognized Akhenaten with being solely responsible for developing a religious revolution in Egypt. Nevertheless his struggles defined as the first true effort

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    Sculpture 1 The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes was found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh and sculpted by an unknown Egyptian artist in 2350 BC. The artist uses all aspects of composition to convey Egyptian dominance. Using a Standard Egyptian Scale‚ the figures were carved in proportions seen to be ideal by the Egyptians. The sculpture was carved out of limestone. It was richly painted with brightly colored

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    Akhenaten and Nefertit shared a distinctive relationship that baffles today’s scholars. The complexity of this can be illustrated through a variety of ancient sources; inaugurating many hypothetical statements on the true nature of Akhenaten’s relationship with Nefertiti. Nefertiti was Akhenaten’s primary wife and the “chief queen”. They had married before Akhenaten had assumed his role as pharaoh of Egypt. There is no specific evidence; stating Nefertiti as Akhenaten’s co-regent but evidence

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    The Art of Akhenaten A Formal Analysis of House Shrine and Akhenaten Making Offerings The Art of Akhenaten A Formal Analysis of House Shrine and Akhenaten Making Offerings          One of the most enigmatic pharaohs of Egyptian history‚ Amenhotep IV‚ had grown up in the most powerful family in ancient Egypt. Once he became pharaoh and ruler of Egypt’s empire in 1378 BCE‚ he changed his name to Akhenaten

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    Why did Akhenaten overthrow the traditional Egyptian religion in favor of a monotheistic religion? The "heretic king" Akhenaten "Beneficial for Aten" was born Amenhophis IV "Amun is satisfied". (Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Volume I‚ pg 49) By the time he was seated as pharaoh in 1350 BCE there was already growing tension between the priesthood of Amun and his father Amenhophis III. "The power of the priesthood of Amun was threatening the traditional kingship‚" (Handout‚ The Legacy

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