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Showing posts with label Amenhotep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amenhotep. Show all posts

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Descoperire antica egipteana rara la Tel Aviv

O descoperire rara a unei amulete egiptene antice a fost facuta in orasul israelian Tel Aviv. Amuleta scarabeu provine din vremea faraonului Amenhotep al III-lea, care a domnit intre anii 1390 - 1353 i.Hr.

Aceasta dovedeste prezenta egipteana in orasul antic Jaffa, care acum face parte din Tel Aviv, potrivit Sott.

Cercetatorii au descoperit ca o poarta de acces care facea parte din fortificatiile egiptene din Jaffa a fost distrusa si reconstruita de cel putin patru ori.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Mysteries of the Amarna Pharaohs

The Amarna period of Egyptian history is filled with romantic mysteries and puzzles for generations of archaeologists to debate.

Akhenaten, Smenkhare, and Tutankhamen were the only Eighteenth Dynasty kings of Egypt who lived for any time at Amarna (Akhetaten). Before and after, Egyptian pharaohs ruled from Luxor (Thebes), but even though the heyday of Amarna was fleeting, the period fascinates us because of an imagined connection between the theology of Akhenaten and the beliefs of Judaism, sexual scandal, and the mystery of the genealogy of the Amarna pharaohs. Such is the stuff of not only dreams and fiction, but also scholarly debates -- as recently examined by archaeologist Christine El Mahdy in Tutankhamen.