NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Fetus, Ramesses I, Kiya
15 Sep 2016
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The amarna revolution - aten = sun disk = only divine power on earth - Cult center (and capital) = amarna (akhetaten) - new priesthood (and elite)- First monotheism in history - best source great hymn to the aten o. Knowledge of other countries aten has created all o night = death o only. Questions and possible causes - did he push too far/too fast with his new religion - problems with economy and empire did he lose the empire o. Byblos (egyptian ally) is besieged by amurru and hittites requests support: local potentate labaya harasses megiddo area another egyptian ally - Semenkhkare likely buried in kv 55o genetically closely related to tutankhamun brother. Tutankhamun - also parentage of tutankhamun debated - blocks mentions a. King"s son tutankhaten o likely was son of akh. Representation of death of royal woman in royal tomb at amarna - royal child nursed- may represent child birth of taa.
