Table of Contents

Prologue • 1. Discovery • 2. Priestly Ambitions • 3. Solar Kings • 4. Revolution • 5. The Move to El-Amarna • 6. Utopia • 7. Religion, Art – Terror • 8. Royal Women • 9. Restoration and Oblivion • Epilogue

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About the Author

A renowned Egyptologist and one of the world's leading experts on the period, Nicholas Reeves was for several years a Curator in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum.

Reviews

'Presents ingenious archaeology as a racy, irresistible detective story full of hidden clues (and bodies), magic geometry and ruthlessness masked as mysticism' - New York Times Book Review

' Reeves leads the reader adeptly through archaeological finds and the latest research on the Amarna period … an entertaining and informative volume' - Times Higher Education

'A tremendous read … brings factional division in ancient Egypt vividly to life' - Birmingham Post