Afterglow of Empire : Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance
Afterglow of Empire : Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance
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Author(s): Dodson, Aidan
ISBN No.: 9789774169250
Pages: 372
Year: 201911
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 34.43
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During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the era's art, architecture, and archaeology, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. Afterglow of Empire is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists. By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy.


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