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·出版社：Penguin
·页码：256 页码
·ISBN：9780141017242
·条码：9780141017242
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The classic account of Egypt’s most famous queen—now fully revised
For over a decade, Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world: a beautiful queen blessed by the sun god, adored by her family, and worshipped by her people. Her image and her name were celebrated throughout Egypt and her future seemed golden. Suddenly Nefertiti disappeared from the royal family, vanishing so completely that it was as if she had never been. No record survives to detail her death, no monument serves to mourn her passing, and to this day her end remains an enigma—her body has never been found. Fully revising her classic biography of Egypt’s sun queen, historian Joyce Tyldesley draws on a wealth of scholarly and archeological evidence to investigate the truth behind the life, times, and mysterious disappearance of the legendary Nefertiti.
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Joyce Tyldesleyis Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies at Liverpool University and a freelance writer and lecturer on Egyptian archaeology. Her books includeHatchepsut: The Female PharoahandDaughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt.
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She was the beloved wife of "heretic king" Akhenaton, who defied ancient custom by practicing monotheism and by elevating Nefertiti far above the role of subservient consort previously played by Egyptian queens. Her image has ravished Western viewers ever since a magnificent limestone bust unearthed at the royal retreat of Amarna went on display in Berlin in 1924. But frustratingly few facts are known about this woman who lived more than three millennia ago. As she did inHatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh, British archeologist Joyce Tyldesley makes a virtue of necessity by writing a book that is as much a cultural history as a biography. As Akhenaton swept away the plethora of old gods, dismaying many of his subjects, he needed a strong female figure to soften the abstract austerity of Aten, the sun deity; his beautiful queen was celebrated in official art and inscriptions that focused on the domestic life of the royal family. Tyldesley meticulously analyzes this iconography to evaluate Nefertiti''s position in Egypt and her importance to her husband, who clearly cherished her beyond the demands of propriety or political necessity. The author cannot give readers a strong sense of Nefertiti''s personality--the evidence simply isn''t there--but she paints a wonderfully evocative picture of life at the civilized heart of the ancient world.--Wendy Smith--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
If biographers choose their subjects based on interest, then Nefertiti, beloved queen of the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten, is certainly a worthy one. But she''s also scholar Tyldesley''s (Hatchepsut, etc.) most elusive subject yet, since, as Tyldesley admits, there are only "meagre shreds of evidence" that can support a variety of interpretations about the sun queen. Drawing on a "random assortment" of archeological remains, a few historical documents and much religious and mortuary art and architecture, she presents an engaging portrait of what Egyptian life was like during Akhenaten''s reign, as well as the time just before and after. But because nothing is known about Nefertiti''s parentage (no one claimed to be related to her) or her exact role as queen, and no verifiable conclusion can be reached about her fate, the information here is closer to pure context or even a biography of Akhenaten himself. Even the artists of the 18th Dynasty weren''t concerned with exact representation, making Tyldesley''s job even harder. Ever since the Germans first put her now famous bust on display in Berlin in 1924, Nefertiti has become a symbol of the Egyptian world and of beauty itself. Unfortunately, due to the lack of other reliable records, this account of her life is mostly speculation, not established truth.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Ever since her painted bust was discovered in 1912, Nefertiti has haunted the imaginations of archaeologists and the general public. British archaeologist Tyldesley (Hatchepsut, Viking, 1996) attempts a reconstruction of the life of this Egyptian queen. Drawing on artistic, archaeological, and textual evidence, Tyldesley sets out what facts are known about Nefertiti and examines the various theories about her life. As wife of Egypt''s heretic pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti was bound up in the momentous events her husband set in motion. Akhenaten has been called the first monotheist and the precursor to Moses. His doomed attempt to replace the gods of Egypt with one God has generally been considered a noble experiment. Tyldesley paints a different picture of a new religion that only existed to glorify the Pharaoh. Through Nefertiti, Tyldesley illuminates an age that continues to fascinate. This book should prove of interest to both students and readers with an interest in Egyptian history. Recommended for public and academic libraries.?Robert J. Andrews, Duluth P.L., MN
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
In Hatchepsut (1996), Tyldesley (Archaeology/Liverpool Univ., England) brought to life an obscure female ruler of ancient Egypt''s 18th Dynasty. Here she does the same for a legendary woman of the same periodthe queen of monotheist pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti (literally meaning, ``a beautiful woman has come'''') became famous with the 1912 discovery by archaeologists of a breathtaking painted bust of her. What little was known of her story suggested dramatic potential: the wife of an intellectual ruler who rejected Egypt''s traditional polytheistic cult in favor of an austere monotheistic religion, Nefertiti was a central figure in the capital city, Akhetaten (now Amarna), founded by her husband. But her life, and his, ended with a mysterious oblivion. As if they had merely vanished, records made no mention of the royal couple. Without resolving the cluster of historic mysteries surrounding Nefertiti, Tyldesley evokes the turbulent reign of Akhenaten, whose cult threatened the power of Egypt''s priesthood and undermined the kingdom''s customary religion. Marshaling archaeological and textual evidence, the author depicts Akhenaten''s family as close-knit, with their idyll interrupted by the sudden death of the couple''s daughters, attributed by Tyldesley to the plague. Reviewing some of the scholarly theories for Nefertiti''s disappearancethat she grew too powerful, ruled Egypt in her own right, or committed a heinous crime and was banishedTyldesley concludes that insufficient evidence exists to support these theories. More likely, as his consort, Nefertiti simply shared in Akhenaten''s fate when successor Horemheb, a traditionalist, tried to eradicate all memory of the monotheist pharaoh and his descendants. A thoughtful and well-researched re-creation of an extraordinary ancient personality. (16 pages b&w photos, 38 figures, 2 maps) --Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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