Tutankhamen : the life and death of the boy-king /

El Mahdy, Christine.

Tutankhamen : the life and death of the boy-king / Christine El Mahdy. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000. - 341 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-331) and index.

Archaeological Tutankhamen -- Early Evidence for Tutankhamen -- Discovering the Tomb -- Accepted Story -- Evidence from the Objects in Tutankhamen's Tomb -- Historical Tutankhamen -- Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye -- Akhenaten and the Religion of the Aten -- Evidence from Tell el Amarna -- Akhenaten and Nefertiti -- Elusive Smenkhkare -- Real Tutankhamen -- Life of Tutankhamen -- Death of Tutankhamen. Family Tree -- Restoration Stela -- Scarabs of Amenhotep III -- Dream Stela -- Great Hymn to the Aten. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. Pt. 3.

Delves into the short life of one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs and searches for the cause of his suspicious death.

0312262418 9780312262419

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Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.


Pharaohs--Biography.


Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.

DT 87.5 / .E4 2000