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The story follows the timeline from her time in Thebes to Amarna and after Akhenaten's death. Nefertiti was the Chief wife in Akhenaten's court or haram. Though she is well known by name, as many historical female role models, her story is often overlooked for masculine rulers.
Plan of the tomb of Meryra II. The tomb of Meryra II is the royal sepulcher known as Amarna Tomb 2. The tomb dates back to the 18th Dynasty. [3] It is located in the northern side of the wadi that splits the cluster of tombs known collectively as the Northern tombs, near to the city of Amarna, Egypt. [4]
EA 365, a rectangular letter of similar size to Mut-Bahlu's EA 256 (very high-resolution expandable photo) Amarna letter EA 256, in short EA 256, catalogued under the title Oaths and Denials, [1] [dubious – discuss] is one of a total of about 350 so-called Amarna letters, belonging to an official correspondence dating to the mid-14th century BC (about 1350 BC till 20–25 years later).
The Amarna Royal Tombs Project (ARTP) is an archaeological expedition devoted to the Amarna Period.It was established in 1998 to ascertain on the ground and in the ancient records the fate of the missing Amarna royal dead, which were transferred to the Valley of the Kings upon the abandonment of Amarna during the 18th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
In 1995, Rohl published his version of the New Chronology, in the best-selling book A Test of Time, accompanied by a 1995 Channel 4 three-part series Pharaohs and Kings - A Biblical Quest. A Test of Time takes up the general scenario presented by James, adding many details omitted in 1991, including the "dramatic results" pertaining to Biblical ...
The Mitanni Letter under the designation VAT 422 (EA 24) is housed in the Amarna collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin. [7] [8] Since its discovery, depending on the publication, it has been numbered as WA 27, VS 12 [9] or Kn 24. In 1902, the first transcription of the text was published by Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, [10] with a reissue ...
Meryre (also Meryra [1] or Merire) (Ancient Egyptian: mrii-rˤ "the one loved by Re") [2] was an Egyptian noble and the only certain High Priest of the Aten.Amongst his other titles were Hereditary Noble and High Official and Fan-bearer on the Right Side of the King [3] which emphasise his closeness to the king.
The collection consists of portrait busts of the Amarna royal family and are in excellent condition. However, the majority of art historians, conservators, and archaeologists consider the Mansoor collection to be suspect based on style, inconsistencies with the Amarna style known from archaeological records, and the quality of the collection's ...