Egypt
Professor Barry Kemp the director of the Amarna trust has been excavating at Tell el Amarna in middle Egypt since 1977. The sites name in antiquity was Akhetaten, the home of Akhenaten the heritic pharaoh who ruled the two lands in the middle of the 14th century bc.
Akhenaten dedicated the site to his supreme god, the Aten, a form of the sun god. Akhenaten's reign was a disaster that warranted the king to be regarded as "that criminal" and his memory erased from history by his successors.
Professor Kemp will be lecturing at The Royal Ontario Museum on September 19, 2013 for now here is an interview of the professor on the museums blog. The period of Akhenaten's reign is one of ancient Egypt's most popular subjects in modern times so I would expect it to be well attended.
Photo: Einsamer Schütze
- Amarna Fund Raising Tour
Friends of the Petrie (Lucia Gahlin) Amarna at sunset. Photograph by Lucia Gahlin I don't advertise tours, but this one is organized by the Friends of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology to raise funds for the Amara Project (under the directorship...
- In The Field: Interview With Barry Kemp Re Amarna
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) “There is no other site like it,” states the introductory paragraph on the website of the Amarna Project – the body which, since 2005, has been responsible for excavations and research at Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived...
- Barry Kemp Lecture On Amarna In The U.s.
NWA News Archeologists and historians across the globe have been fascinated by such ancient civilizations as Pompeii for years. But there’s another ancient city, located about a half-day drive south of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, whose mysteries...
- Exhibition: More About The Amarna Exhibtion At Upenn
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/amarna.html"In 1353 B.C., during the later 18th Dynasty, Amenhotep IV ascended the throne of Egypt. His rule was revolutionary in the sweeping changes he sought to impose on ancient Egyptian life and culture....
- Excavating Amarna
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/kemp.html The Archaeology Magazine website has been updated with an interview with Barry Kemp, who has been directing excavations at Amarna since 1977. The interview is timed to compliment the new exhibtion,...
Egypt
Professor Barry Kemp at the ROM
Professor Barry Kemp the director of the Amarna trust has been excavating at Tell el Amarna in middle Egypt since 1977. The sites name in antiquity was Akhetaten, the home of Akhenaten the heritic pharaoh who ruled the two lands in the middle of the 14th century bc.
Akhenaten dedicated the site to his supreme god, the Aten, a form of the sun god. Akhenaten's reign was a disaster that warranted the king to be regarded as "that criminal" and his memory erased from history by his successors.
Professor Kemp will be lecturing at The Royal Ontario Museum on September 19, 2013 for now here is an interview of the professor on the museums blog. The period of Akhenaten's reign is one of ancient Egypt's most popular subjects in modern times so I would expect it to be well attended.
Photo: Einsamer Schütze
- Amarna Fund Raising Tour
Friends of the Petrie (Lucia Gahlin) Amarna at sunset. Photograph by Lucia Gahlin I don't advertise tours, but this one is organized by the Friends of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology to raise funds for the Amara Project (under the directorship...
- In The Field: Interview With Barry Kemp Re Amarna
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) “There is no other site like it,” states the introductory paragraph on the website of the Amarna Project – the body which, since 2005, has been responsible for excavations and research at Tell el-Amarna, the short-lived...
- Barry Kemp Lecture On Amarna In The U.s.
NWA News Archeologists and historians across the globe have been fascinated by such ancient civilizations as Pompeii for years. But there’s another ancient city, located about a half-day drive south of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, whose mysteries...
- Exhibition: More About The Amarna Exhibtion At Upenn
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/amarna.html"In 1353 B.C., during the later 18th Dynasty, Amenhotep IV ascended the throne of Egypt. His rule was revolutionary in the sweeping changes he sought to impose on ancient Egyptian life and culture....
- Excavating Amarna
http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/kemp.html The Archaeology Magazine website has been updated with an interview with Barry Kemp, who has been directing excavations at Amarna since 1977. The interview is timed to compliment the new exhibtion,...