The Amarna Age. The Amarna Age ( BCE) 2/26/2012. The Amarna Kings
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1 The Amarna Age HIST 213 Spring 2012 The Amarna Age ( BCE) Phase of the late 18 th Dynasty where changes in the social, political and religious modes of Egyptian government were carried out change in governmental location change in artistic convention change in theological outlook change in aggressive foreign policy The Amarna Kings 18 th Dynasty ( BCE) Amenhotp IV/Akhenaton BCE 6 th year of reign changed name to reflect new belief built new capital in desert Neferneferaten BCE began reconciliation of the Theban faith Tutakhenaton/Tutankhamun BCE continued reconciliation moved capital back to Memphis changed name Ay BCE continued reconciliation ; died of old age Horemheb BCE general not of the royal line marries Ay s daughter reforms centralization builds law courts 1
2 The City of Akhetaten Akhenaton began a massive building project new city Akhetaten the place where the sundisk becomes effective half-way between Memphis and Thebes Akhetaten modern city of el-amarna 2
3 Correspondence from the preceding reign of Amenhotep III three hundred diplomatic letters a miscellany of literary or educational materials. Tablets shed much light on Egyptian relations with Hittites Mitanni Assyria Syria Canaan Babylonia Alashiya (Cyprus) They are important for establishing both the history and chronology of the period. rulers include: Tushratta of Mittani Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem king Rib-Hadda of Byblos who pleads for Egyptian military help in 58 letters The Amarna Tablets 3
4 Letters of cuneiform tablets mostly written in Akkadian the regional language of diplomacy first discovered in around 1887 Amarna Religious Belief Some form of Monotheism may have influenced Moses teachings No judgment before Osiris death and darkness is considered asleep Making to the afterlife depended on following Akhenaten s teachings. Amarna replaces Karnak as a religious center The deceased are not shown in mummy forms, they are dressed and wear wigs. 4
5 Amarna Art Characterized by a sense of movement and activity in images figures having raised heads many figures overlapping many scenes busy and crowded The human body is portrayed differently in Amarna style artwork than Egyptian art on the whole Akhenaten's body give him distinctly feminine qualities: large hips prominent breasts larger stomach and thighs. In a relief of Akhenaten, he is portrayed with his wife and children in an intimate setting. His children appear to be fully grown, only shrunken to appear smaller than their parents. They also have elongated neck and bodies. The Body of Amarna Art brachiocephalic heads elongated facial features elongated arms/limbs elliptical eyes 5
6 Bust of Nephretiti literally the beautiful one has come crafted in 1345 BC by the sculptor Thutmose. identified as Nefertiti as it wears characteristic crown found on the workbench currently in Berlin 6
7 Tutankhaton becomes Tutankhamen Tutankhamon came to throne as a child. (10 r. years) At the very beginning of his reign he abandoned Amarna, and moved the government back to Memphis. He changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankamon. Horemheb, a senior military official with no royal blood-link becomes regent. Major religious restoration by the assistance of Maya, the treasurer. The role of Ay. 7
8 Why the Shift to the Amarna Period? Possible Causes for Amarna Shift Attempt to break powerful hold of the Theban priestly class True Conversion to a unique form of Monotheism madness or megalomania Restoration Stela Then his majesty made plans for this land and the daily needs. Then his majesty thought in his heart and searched for something magnificent useful for his father Amun. He created his holy statue from genuine electrum. He gave him more than had been done since the beginning. Restoration Stela His majesty made monuments for the gods by making their holy statues of genuine electrum of the best of the foreign lands. He recreated their sanctuaries as monuments until the limits of eternity, exquisitely equipped with offerings for all eternity, by endowing them with divine offerings as regular daily sacrifices and endowing them with provisions on earth. 8
9 Burial of Tutankhamun Tutankhamun died unexpectedly tomb was incomplete. vizier Ay offered his smaller tomb so that a burial site could be quickly prepared to receive the mummy of Tutankhamun and its rich burial furnishings. burial chamber was painted with few funerary and religious texts and scenes. four huge wooden shrines, or rooms, were made. The shrines were placed one inside the other Discovery of King Tut Howard Carter and his sponsor, Lord Carnarvon, spent a number of years and a lot of money searching for a tomb they weren't sure existed November 1922, they found it. Carter had discovered not just an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb, but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3,000 years. What lay within astounded the world. 9
10 Ankhesenamun When Tut-ankh-amun died: She made an unsuccessful attempt to secure a husband from the Hittites. may have been instigated by Ay tried to prevent Horemheb to become king. sent a letter to Suppilulimas, the Hittite king, to furnish a husband for her among the Hittite princes. The prince was murdered en route to Egypt possibly by Horemheb 10
11 Horemheb Last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty Managed to pull Egypt together again. Coronation Text. Skirmishes and Egyptian defeat by the Hittites who conquered the kingdom of Mitanni. Demolition of Amarna. Building of the Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak begins. Horemheb died in his 25th regnal year, the power shifted to his military commander and vizier, Paramessu, the future Rameses I beginning of the Ramessid Period and the 19th Dynasty although some consider Horemheb as the founder of this dynasty. 11
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