Egypt
See the above page for the full review - it is the third piece on the page, entitled Worth Noting.
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- Neferetiti's Eyes
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- Luxor News
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/ Jane Akshar has been busy on her Luxor News blog, above, with postings including: Professor Earl Ertman talking about scenes showing Nefertiti "smiting" enemiesFebruary's agenda for lectures at the Mummification...
- Akhenaten's New Home
Here an article on the planned museum of the Amarna period at Minya including in the plans for the museum is the return of the supposed remains of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, his mother Tiye's mummy and the mummy KV 35 younger lady who is now thanks to...
- After Nefertiti
With the recent release of the data from the DNA and CT scanning of the eighteenth dynasty mummies in particular the mummies believed related to king Tutankhamen some new questions have been raised. The results show that the Kv55 man found in a coffin...
Egypt
Review: Earl Ertman article on Amarna period in KMT
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/entertainment/visual_arts/16334079.htm
"Earl Ertman -- The University of Akron emeritus professor of Egyptian art has written an article featured in the new KMT: a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt (Vol. 17, Winter 2006-2007). Titled Smiting the Enemy in the Reign of Akhenaten: A Family Affair, the article demonstrates that the first instance of a female Egyptian royal shown present during the bashing in of heads of foreigners/enemies was in Egypt's 18th Dynasty during the reign of Akhenaten. Queen Nefertiti is first shown along with Akhenaten and later on her own smiting enemies.
Ertman demonstrates that this innovation was continued by Tutankhamen, who was shown with his queen, Akhenaten's daughter Ankhesenamun, ritually killing enemy prisoners. After this dynasty, at least two other later kings are shown with a female behind them as they kill prisoners, but in these cases, the female is a goddess, not a queen, underscoring the singular importance that Nefertiti held during her lifetime, he points out."
Ertman demonstrates that this innovation was continued by Tutankhamen, who was shown with his queen, Akhenaten's daughter Ankhesenamun, ritually killing enemy prisoners. After this dynasty, at least two other later kings are shown with a female behind them as they kill prisoners, but in these cases, the female is a goddess, not a queen, underscoring the singular importance that Nefertiti held during her lifetime, he points out."
See the above page for the full review - it is the third piece on the page, entitled Worth Noting.
- Hawass On Kv64, Pyramids And Other Hopes For 2011
You Tube Thanks to Kate Phizackerley's News from the Valley of the Kings blog for this link. Rossella Lorenzi (Discovery News) interviews Zahi Hawass about excavation work being carried out at the moment and his hopes for 2011. The sound quality is...
- Neferetiti's Eyes
Archaeology Magazine - Nefertiti's Eyes (Earl R. Ertmman) Archaeology has a feature in the March/April 2008 issue entitled Nefertiti's Eyes, which you can see online at the above address. Did the queen's distinctive feature become a symbol...
- Luxor News
http://touregypt.net/teblog/luxornews/ Jane Akshar has been busy on her Luxor News blog, above, with postings including: Professor Earl Ertman talking about scenes showing Nefertiti "smiting" enemiesFebruary's agenda for lectures at the Mummification...
- Akhenaten's New Home
Here an article on the planned museum of the Amarna period at Minya including in the plans for the museum is the return of the supposed remains of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, his mother Tiye's mummy and the mummy KV 35 younger lady who is now thanks to...
- After Nefertiti
With the recent release of the data from the DNA and CT scanning of the eighteenth dynasty mummies in particular the mummies believed related to king Tutankhamen some new questions have been raised. The results show that the Kv55 man found in a coffin...