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... If Nefertiti is Smenhkhkare or even "King Neferneferuaten Ankhkheperura" (take your pick), then she wasn't committed to Atenism, as "King Neferneferuaten...
... regency. ... probably both pawns in someone else's plan. Most likely AMenhotep III or Tye. I can easily see Tye as the brains behind the whole thing. WE...
I can't really see Tiye being the mastermind behind Atenism though I don't deny there is evidence of Atenism rising during Amenhotep III's reign. However, the...
I also don't see Tiye which such influence. Maybe she lost power once Akhenaten reach his majority, if we'll believe in the Amarna Letters. But I don't think...
<<When Amenhotep III died he was engaged in the building in his self-deification complex that involved the royal residence and a number of temples (for the...
Egyptology project I worked in Egypt many years ago and since have found a great interest in ancient Egypt. I have had some thoughts about how to promote...
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Nefertiti didn't commit Regicide, but she did rule as Smenkhare. As for being the "brains" behind the Atenist reformation, all I can say is that her ambitious...
... Actually, it's been shown by Allen and some others that Nefertiti as king does not equate with Smenkhkare. If Nefertiti ruled, she ruled as a separate...
<<Nefertiti didn't commit Regicide, but she did rule as Smenkhare>> For those who are new to this particular area, this is one, unproven, theory, largely based...
I found the paper by Allen extremely interesting. I have never seen those theories advanced before but he does seem to build a good case.. I need to read it...
Has anyone heard of Yuya and that he is the grandfather of Akhenaten? And does anyone also know that this Yuya is also reported to be Joseph from the bible?...
it is also said that Yuya could be any number of individuals in power in Syria during ancient times - it makes good theory - but I think the only real...
<<Has anyone heard of Yuya and that he is the grandfather of Akhenaten? And does anyone also know that this Yuya is also reported to be Joseph from the bible?...
Hello everyone! Sorry I've been a bit inactive recently; I've just got up to my university and I'm fairly busy sorting things out and meeting new people etc. ...
University? I don't understand that. These days you young kids have it easy! Back in my day we had to lug all those stone tablets to take notes on and dodge...
The Julio Claudian Iconographic Association is going to be sending out notices on museum exhibits that feature Roman art, coinage, and military items from the...
Dear Members, I must apologise for my recent lack of activity. As some of you are aware, I'm now at university and it's become difficult for me to assess the...
Dear members, I must apologise for the recent influx of spam on the group. The perpetrators have now been banned and will hopefully inflict no further nonsense...
I just noticed that all of the posted for November have been whipped clean. I realize that you were trying to get rid of all the spam. But I had a question in...
Sodales: Has anyone seen the new Amarna exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia? I did and thought it was fabulous. Amarna was the...
The buildings had no roofs so that people could see the Aten or disk of the sun, I believe that the "temples" had no roofs but that other structures suh as...
The notion of monotheism is mostly a modern concept. It seems that the “revolution” was not in religion but more in the person of Akhenaten. The god whom...
... the "revolution" was not in religion but more in the person of Akhenaten. The god whom Amenhotep IV proclaimed was a new version of the solar deity which...
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