Aidan Dodson: Afterglow of Empire: Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance
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Author: Aidan Dodson
Number of Pages: 351 pages
Published Date: 15 Jul 2012
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Publication Country: Cairo, Egypt
Language: English
ISBN: 9789774165313
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During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists of the period. By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy.