Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1639363068 | 576 Pages | EPUB (True) | 35 MB
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1639363068 | 576 Pages | EPUB (True) | 35 MB
For more than two centuries, Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful, and richest dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut, the warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, the religious radical Akhenaten and his queen, Nefertiti, and most famously of all–for the wealth found in his tomb–the short-lived boy king, Tutankhamun. The power and riches of the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty came at enormous cost to Egypt's enemies–and to most of its people. This was an age of ruthless absolutism, exploitation, extravagance, brutality, and oppression in a culture where not only did Egypt plunder its neighbors, but Egyptian kings (and their people) robbed one another.