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Smenkhkare
eBook - The enigmatic Pharaoh of Akhet-Aton
ISBN/EAN: 9783753420257
Umbreit-Nr.: 904442
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 129 S., 12.79 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 03.03.2021
Auflage: 1/2021
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- The book presents the latest research finings and materials on the enigmatic figure of the late Amarna period: Smenkhkare.It is still disputed today whether Smenkhkare was a young man at Akhenaton's side or Queen Nefertiti, who succeeded her husband with this fictous identity as a male pharaoh.The identification of the mummy from tomb KV 55 is a crucial element of this Egyptological enigma.Updated and enlarged edition with new facial reconstructions and pictures.
- Autorenportrait
- Michael E. Habicht:The author is a Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia and works as an archaeologist. His numerous publications cover a wide variety of topics ranging from palaeopathological studies, mummy studies and works on medieval topics. In the field of mummy studies, he has published several papers, especially on the topic of the identification of royal mummies. He also published studies on diseases and behaviour under stress or technical examination methods. The author has also worked on other research projects on scientific forgeries and war-time and crisis cross-dressing in other cultures and time periods.