Tutankhamun & Amarna Period Books
Best Publications on Ancient Egyptian Art of the Later 18th Dynasty
Scholarly books about ancient Egyptian art and culture during the Amarna Period and the reign of Pharaoh Tutankhamun are available for students and enthusiasts alike.
The ceaseless fascination with ancient Egyptian art and civilization during the revolutionary age of the "heretic" pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 B.C.) and Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1322 B.C.) continues to inspire extensive research and the publication of quality color-illustrated studies. Suitable for students, scholars and enthusiasts, many are exhibition catalogues authored by world-renowned museum curators and art historians. Most are available in bookstores and through Internet retailers.
History
- Shaw, Ian (ed.). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. New York: Oxford University, 2000, 218-313.
The Amarna Period: An Introduction
- Freed, Rita E., Yvonne E. Markowitz and Sue D'Auria (eds.), et. al. Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen (exh. cat.). Boston, New York and London: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, 1999.
- Hawass, Zahi. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2005.
- Kozloff, Arielle P., Betsy M. Bryan, et al. Egypt's Dazzling Sun (exh. cat.). Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992.
- Silverman, David. P., Joseph W. Wegner and Jennifer Houser Wegner. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun: Revolution and Restoration. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
Life and Art During the Reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti
- Aldred, Cyril. Akhenaten, King of Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988.
- _____. Akhenaten and Nefertiti (exh. cat.). New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1973.
- Arnold, Dorothea, et al. The Royal Women of Amarna (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.
- Redford, Donald B. Akhenaten, the Heretic King. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.
- Reeves, Nicholas. Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
- Smith, Ray Winfield and Donald B. Redford. The Akhenaten Temple Project. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 1976.
- Ziegler, Christiane (ed.). The Pharaohs (exh. cat.). New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2002, 466-469.
Amarna's Archaeology
- Trope, Betsy Teasley, Stephen Quirke and Peter Lacovara, et al. Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London (exh. cat.). Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2005, 67-78.
Tutankhamun
- Amenta, Alessia. The Treasures of Tutankhamun and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Vercelli: VMB Publishers, 2007.
- Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane. Tutankhamun: Life and Death of a Pharaoh. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1963.
- Edwards, I.E.S. The Treasures of Tutankhamun (exh. cat.). London, Thames & Hudson, 1971.
- _____. Treasures of Tutankhamun (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
- _____. Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Its Treasures. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
- James, T.G.H. Tutankhamun. New York: Metro Books, 2002.
- Reeves, Nicholas. The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995.
Excavating Tutankhamun's Tomb: Archival Photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Allen, Susan J. Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery (Photographs by Harry Burton) (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
- Wonderful Things: The Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
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