Akhenaten and Amarna in Fact and Fiction
Explore the best Akhenaten and Amarna books—both fact and fiction. Dive into historical accounts, gripping novels, and expert analyses of Egypt's revolutionary pharaoh and his enigmatic city.
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Akhenaten
by Professor Nicholas Reeves
Offers information on Akhenaten's reign, including his efforts to impose upon his kingdom the worship of a single god, the political, social, and artistic facets of the Amarna era, the fate of his wife, Nefertiti, and the death of his heir, Tutankhamen.
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Nefertiti
by Joyce A. Tyldesley
Joyce Tyldesley uses a combination of archaeological, textual and artistic evidence to provide a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, Egypt's sun queen, set against the background of the ephemeral Amarna court.
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Akhenaten, the Heretic King
by Donald B. Redford
A portrait of Akhenaten, monotheistic worshiper of the sun and best-known Egyptian king next to Tutankhamen. Various writers have depicted this strange ruler of the fourteenth century B.C. as a disguised woman or a eunuch, a mentor of Moses, or a forerunner of Christ. Drawing on information from his own excavations, the Director of the Akhenaten Temple Project describes the kingly heretic against the background of imperial Egypt.--From publisher description.
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A God Against the Gods
by Allen Drury
Set in the Egyptian past, a royal family is divided, and bloody power ploys and religious wars convulse in this mighty kingdom.
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Return to Thebes
by Allen Drury
A sequel to "A God against the Gods," the two forming a picture of that part of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt dominated by Pharaoh Akhenaten, his queen Nefertiti, and cousin Tutankhamen.
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The Twelfth Transforming
by Pauline Gedge
Part of a popular line of historical thrillers set in Egypt, this second volume in Gedge's bestselling series reconstructs the court of Akhenaten, one of ancient Egypt's most controversial and colorful rulers, whose reign lead to the near-collapse of his empire some 2,500 years ago. A lustrous tale of Pharaonic decadence. --The New York Times
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Pillar of Fire
by Judith Tarr
Acclaimed as one of the finest authors of historical novels today, Judith Tarr has crafted a daring and provocative new interpretation of a crucial turning point in human history. This powerful saga is an intimate account of the lives of men and women in the ancient Egyptian empire.
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The Jackal's Head
by Elizabeth Peters
Althea Tomlinson came back to Egypt as just another tourist, showing the country to a spoiled seventeen year old. But what really drove her was a desire to discover the truth behind her father's disgrace and subsequent death.
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.
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The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
by Elizabeth Peters
The delightful seventh adventure for popular heroine Amelia Peabody. The 19th-century Egyptologist and her dashing husband, Emerson, return to Amarna, where they first fell in love. When Emerson is kidnapped, Amelia must rescue her husband, find the culprit, and save her marriage.
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Nefertiti and Cleopatra
by Julia Samson
A vivid account of two female pharaohs; beautiful Nefertiti (1367-1350 BC) and mysterious Cleopatra (51-30 BC). Both politically adept, they also distinguished themselves in their love for the greatest men of their day: Nefertiti for the sun-worshipping Akhenaten, and Cleopatra for Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. The author has researched museum col
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Tutankhamun
by Thomas Hoving
Part history, part detective story, this book recounts the brief life and reign of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
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Oedipus and Akhnaton
by Immanuel Velikovsky
Properly following the author's "Ages in chaos", this book tells the story of Pharaoh Akhnaton whose life, the author maintains, is the basis of the Greek story of Oedipus.
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Akhnaton
by Agatha Christie
"Set in 1350 BC, the legend of Akhnaton tells of the Pharaoh's attempt to convince his nation to abandon their old 'pagan' god Amon and to turn to the worship of a new deity, the monotheistic sun god, Aton. Introduced to the legend by Howard Carter, discoverer of Tutankhamun's tomb, when she met him in Luxor in 1931, Agatha Christie became fascinated by both the story and the society in which it took place. Her painstaking researches led to this retelling of the story in the form of a highly readable and dramatic two-hour play. Akhnaton was written by Agatha Christie in 1937, when her interest in Egyptology from her travels with her archaeologist husband was at its height." --Amazon.com.
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Tutankhamen
by Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt
This brilliant classic is the definitive examination of the pharaoh's life and impact as seen through the eyes of his riches. The author covers the story of the tomb's discovery and of the treasures found and relates their importance to the picture we have of ancient Egyptian culture. 75 full-color photographs and 187 illustrations.
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The Egyptian
by Mika Waltari
Set in Egypt, more than a thousand years before Christ, it encompasses all of the then-known world. It is told by Sinhue, physician to the Pharaoh Akhenaton, and is the story of his life. Through his eyes are seen innumerable characters, fully drawn and covering the whole panorama of the ancient world.
