The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak
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Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak. Fragments of more than thirty statues are now known, showing the paradoxical features combining male and female, young and aged, characteristic of representations of this king. Did he look like this in real life? Or was his iconography skilfully devised to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9774163494
ISBN13:9789774163494
Release Date:May 2010
Publisher:American University in Cairo Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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