The History of Egypt

139: King Tut-ankh-Aten

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A famous reign. Following the death of Nefer-neferu-aten, a new ruler came to the throne. Tut-ankh-Aten was young, perhaps nine years old. He inherited power at a tumultuous point in history...

  • Date c. 1343 BCE.
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  • Music by Keith Zizza.
  • Additional music by Jeffrey Goodman.
  • Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh.
  • Written by Dominic Perry.
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    • Select Bibliography:

    • A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd Edition, Cairo, 2017).
    • A. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (London, 2004).
    • M. Eaton-Krauss, ‘King Tutankhaten’, Orientalia 80 (2011), 300–4.
    • M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
    • M. Gabolde, D’Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon (Paris, 1998).
    • N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
    • W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995).
    • N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).

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