Karnak: Evolution of a Temple

by Blyth; Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780415404860
• ISBN10: 041540486X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This first publication in English provides an in-depth examination including illustrations of the historical developments of the famous temple site Karnak, from its early shrine to the greatest state temple of Ancient Eygpt's mighty empire.

Author Biography

Elizabeth BIyth, formerly of the Department of Egyptology, University College of London

Table of Contents

List of Plates	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Foreword	p. xvii
Chronology	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Early Temple	p. 5
Origins	p. 7
The Middle Kingdom	p. 10
The Second Intermediate Period	p. 27
The New Kingdom	p. 31
Amenhotep I, Tuthmosis I and Tuthmosis II	p. 33
Hatshepsut	p. 51
Tuthmosis III	p. 68
Amenhotep II and Tuthmosis IV	p. 93
Amenhotep III and the Processional Ways	p. 104
Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), Tutankhamun and Ay	p. 119
Horemheb	p. 133
Ramesses I and Seti I	p. 143
Ramesses II to the End of Dynasty XIX	p. 155
Ramesses III and Dynasty XX	p. 171
The Late Period	p. 185
Dynasty XXI, Dynasties XXII-XXIV (Libyan Period) and Dynasty XXV (Nubian Period)	p. 187
Dynasties XXVI-XXX	p. 209
The Final Phase	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 236
Bibliography	p. 238
Index	p. 247
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