The heretic pharaoh /

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Author / Creator:Collier, Joy.
Edition:[1st American ed.].
Imprint:New York : John Day Co., 1972, ©1970.
Description:vi, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13238193
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Other uniform titles:Collier, Joy. King Sun : in search of Akhenaten.
Notes:Originally published in 1970 in London under title: King Sun.
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Summary:The life of Ahenaten, the great Egyptian mystic who brought monotheism to his empire in the time of Moses. -- Publisher (cover)
Other form:Online version: Collier, Joy. Heretic pharaoh. [1st American ed.]. New York, John Day Co. [1972, ©1970]
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments. 1. First person prologue: A traveler to Tel el Armarna
  • 2. The search begins
  • 3 Great wife Tyi
  • 4. Thebes by moonlight
  • 5. The rise of Atenism: Akhenaten's accession
  • 6. Karnak by sunlight
  • 7. The great experiment
  • 8. Year twelve: The reception of foreign tribute
  • 9. The Syrian war
  • 10. Love: Sacred and profane
  • 11. The Land of silence
  • 12. The mystery of tomb 55 solved
  • 13. The propriety of time. Appendix. Akhenaten's hymn to the sun. Genealogical table of Eighteenth Dynasty kings. Additional note. Index.