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A review by booknerd7820
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth by John Darnell, Colleen Darnell
4.0
I have long been obsessed with ancient Egypt and so I was thrilled to be able to read this latest nonfiction work about Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti.
Egypt’s Golden Couple is a refreshing and concise look at the family that eventually ended with Tutankhamun. Due to the intentional destruction of Akhenaten’s legacy, up until recently very little has been known about his decision to completely upend Egyptian religious tradition from a polytheistic/cult following society to one that solely worshipped a single deity and Akhenaten and his family as living avatars.
Using actual heiroglyphic texts and first hand evidence left behind in tombs and temples, the Darnells breathe life back into the reign of this forgotten pharoah. Descriptive scenes that imagine what jubilees and processions would have looked like do not detract from the very real archaeological science in the text, but instead work in favor of teaching this time in history to the masses.
Easy to read and follow, Egypt’s Golden Couple is a fascinating history book for anyone who is interested in Ancient Egypt. My only complaint is that my advanced copy did not have any photographic inserts, so I found myself googling images within every chapter, although this just further increased my interest in the subject.
Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, and John and Colleen Darnell for this advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.
Egypt’s Golden Couple is a refreshing and concise look at the family that eventually ended with Tutankhamun. Due to the intentional destruction of Akhenaten’s legacy, up until recently very little has been known about his decision to completely upend Egyptian religious tradition from a polytheistic/cult following society to one that solely worshipped a single deity and Akhenaten and his family as living avatars.
Using actual heiroglyphic texts and first hand evidence left behind in tombs and temples, the Darnells breathe life back into the reign of this forgotten pharoah. Descriptive scenes that imagine what jubilees and processions would have looked like do not detract from the very real archaeological science in the text, but instead work in favor of teaching this time in history to the masses.
Easy to read and follow, Egypt’s Golden Couple is a fascinating history book for anyone who is interested in Ancient Egypt. My only complaint is that my advanced copy did not have any photographic inserts, so I found myself googling images within every chapter, although this just further increased my interest in the subject.
Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, and John and Colleen Darnell for this advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.