Poisoned Legacy: The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty - Couverture souple

Dodson, Aidan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 977416752X ISBN 13 : 9789774167522

Editeur : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016

Synopsis

After the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family' may have sown the seeds for the conflicts among their descendants. Aidan Dodson explores the mysteries of the origins of the usurper-king Amenmeses and the career of the 'king-maker' of the period, the chancellor Bay. Having helped to install at least one pharaoh on the throne, Bay's life was ended by his abrupt execution, ordered by the woman with whom he had shared the regency of Egypt for the young and disabled King Siptah. Finally, the author considers how that woman--Tawosret--became the last true female pharaoh, and how she finally lost her throne to the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty, Sethnakhte.

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À propos de l'auteur

Aidan Dodson is a senior research fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where he teaches Egyptology. He is the author of Monarchs of the Nile (AUC Press, rev. ed. 2015), Amarna Sunrise (AUC Press, 2014), Afterglow of Empire (AUC Press, 2012), and Amarna Sunset (AUC Press, 2009).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The American University in Cairo Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 977416752X
• ISBN 13: 9789774167522
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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