Ancient World
Queen Tiye: Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III
A commoner-born queen who became one of the most influential women of the New Kingdom and grandmother of Tutankhamun.
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Africa
Ancient World
Amenhotep III: Egypt at the Height of Its Wealth and Power
A 38-year reign of peace and prosperity that left vast monuments and a network of royal diplomacy, followed by the upheaval of his son Akhenaten.
Ancient World
Luxor Temple: The Great Temple of Thebes on the Nile
A temple to Amun of Luxor and the king's divine kingship, in continuous religious use in some form for over 3,000 years.
Ancient World
Serapeum of Saqqara: Burial Vaults of the Apis Bulls
An underground cemetery of the Apis bulls used for over a thousand years, whose stelae are a key source for Egyptian chronology.
Ancient World
Amarna Letters: Diplomatic Archive of Bronze Age Egypt
The earliest large diplomatic archive known, revealing the Late Bronze Age system of great powers and their vassals.
Ancient World
Nefertiti: Queen of Egypt and the Famous Berlin Bust
Nefertiti became the most prominent queen of the Amarna period; her fate after about 1337 BC remains uncertain, and her bust is one of the most famous artworks of antiquity.
Ancient World
Akhenaten and the Amarna Revolution: Egypt's Aten Religion
A short-lived religious and artistic revolution centred on the Aten, reversed under Tutankhamun and Horemheb, after which Akhenaten was erased from official memory.
Ancient World
Colossi of Memnon: Twin Statues of Amenhotep III at Thebes
The statues survived the destruction of Amenhotep III's mortuary temple and became one of the most visited sights of the Roman world.
Ancient World
Amarna (Akhetaten): Akhenaten's Lost Capital City
Akhetaten served as Egypt's royal capital for about 15 years and was abandoned after Akhenaten's death, preserving an exceptional snapshot of a New Kingdom city.
Ancient World
Tutankhamun: The Boy King and His Tomb (c. 1332 BC)
Tutankhamun's reign ended the Amarna religious experiment; the discovery of his tomb in 1922 became the most famous find in the history of archaeology.
Ancient World
Dakhamunzu Affair: An Egyptian Queen Asks for a Hittite Prince
Prince Zannanza died before he could marry the queen, and the episode led to Hittite attacks on Egyptian territory in Syria.
Ancient World
Horemheb: General Who Became Pharaoh After Amarna
Horemheb completed the restoration of Egypt's traditional order after the Amarna period and handed the throne to his vizier, the future Ramesses I.