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The History of Egypt Podcast

109: Queen Nefertiti feat. Dr. Joyce Tyldesley

60 min • 19 april 2019

Akhenaten (Part 2): The Great Queen(s)... In 1361 BCE, Amunhotep IV was settled into his power. It was time to find a queen - his choice would be one of Egypt's most famous women...

This episode covers Amunhotep's diplomatic engagements with Mitanni and the first appearance (and origins) of Nefertiti. Also, we present part 2 of our interview with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley of Manchester University...


Select bibliography:

  • Dorothea Arnold, Lyn Green and James Allen, The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, 1999 (MetMuseum)
  • Norman de Garis Davis, Rock Tombs of el-Amarna: Part VI: The Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu and Ay, 1908 (Archive.org).
  • Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
  • Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010.
  • Earl L. Ertman, “Images of Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti in the Style of the Previous Reign,” in Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, 2009 (Google Books).
  • James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten & the Origins of Monotheism, 2015.
  • Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten: The Heretic King, 1987.
  • Dominic Montserrat, Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, 2005.
  • William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters, 1992.
  • Nicholas Reeves, Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet, 2005.
  • Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti’s Face: Creation of an Icon, 2018.
  • Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

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