Pharaohs of the sun : how Egypt's despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun's dynasty /
by De la Bedoyere, Guy.
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BookPublisher: London : Little, Brown, 2022Description: xxv, 549 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781408714256 (hbk.) :; 1408714256 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 932.014 BEDSubject(s): Pharaohs -- Biography | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | History | Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.CSummary: For more than two centuries Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful, and richest dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut, the warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, the religious radical Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti, and most famously of all for the wealth of his tomb the short-lived boy king Tutankhamun. The power and riches of the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty came at enormous cost to Egypt's enemies and most of its people. 3500 years ago ancient Egypt began two centuries in which it became richer and more powerful than any other nation at the time, ruled by the kings of the 18th Dynasty. Tutankhamun was one of the last of the line and one of the most obscure. Among his predecessors were some of the most notorious and enigmatic figures of all of Egypt's history. 'Pharaohs of the Sun' is their story.
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| 930.1 HAN Fingerprints of the gods: the quest continues | 932 FLE The story of Egypt / | 932 TYL Egypt: | 932.014 BED Pharaohs of the sun : how Egypt's despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun's dynasty / | 935.5 GIL The rise and fall of Babylon: gateway of the gods | 936.1 OCH Hidden histories : | 936.1 OLI A history of ancient Britain |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For more than two centuries Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful, and richest dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut, the warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, the religious radical Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti, and most famously of all for the wealth of his tomb the short-lived boy king Tutankhamun. The power and riches of the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty came at enormous cost to Egypt's enemies and most of its people. 3500 years ago ancient Egypt began two centuries in which it became richer and more powerful than any other nation at the time, ruled by the kings of the 18th Dynasty. Tutankhamun was one of the last of the line and one of the most obscure. Among his predecessors were some of the most notorious and enigmatic figures of all of Egypt's history. 'Pharaohs of the Sun' is their story.
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