The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak

by Lise Manniche

Book Overview

Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak. Fragments of more than thirty statues are now known, showing the paradoxical features combining male and female, young and aged, characteristic of representations of this king. Did he look like this in real life? Or was his iconography skilfully devised to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774163494
• ISBN13: 9789774163494
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"