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Akhenaton. El primer faraón monoteísta de la historia
Laboury, Dimitri
2012La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid, Spain
 

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Keywords :
Akhenaten; Amarna Age; Aten
Abstract :
[en] Amenhotep IV, ninth Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (ca 1352 - 1335 B.C.), who changed his name into Akhenaten, is probably the most debated figure of Ancient Egyptian History. Known as the first founder of a monotheistic religion in the history of mankind, he holds an exceptional position in modern collective memories about Ancient Egypt, despite the fact that he was rejected into oblivion by his direct successors. His modern fame is fundamentally due to the reappropriation of his character by various and incredibly numerous occidental or contemporary ideologies. In this context of highly culturo-centric reinterpretation, it is often very difficult, for the layman or the laywoman as well as for the scholar, to comprehend the king who actually ruled Egypt in the middle of the 14th century B.C. The book attempts to address this issue by proposing an archaeological biography of Akhenaton, i.e. a description of the historical facts of his reign that are physically - or archaeologically - attested, with the constant aim of distinguishing these facts from their interpretations. Such an approach allows the reader to understand how egyptological knowledge is constructed. The book is structured according to the different phases of the actual life of Akhenaten: after a necessary appraisal of his modern rediscovery and reinterpretations, a chapter is respectively devoted to his childhood and the Egyptian Empire in which he grew up, to the first years of his reign, to the invention of real Atenism, in year 4, to the king’s project when he moved his capital to Akhet-Aten - Amarna, in Middle Egypt, and, at last, to his post-mortem survival, in the reactions of his successors and followers. The book ends with some conclusions about the epistemological capabilities of archaeological biography and about the particularity of Akhenaten and his Atenist ideology.
[es] Seguramente, ningún otro soberano del antiguo Egipto haya hecho gastar más tinta a historiadores, arqueólogos, moralistas, novelistas y aficionados de todo tipo que Akhenatón” (Cyril Aldred). A pesar de estas palabras, el faraón Amenhotep IV – el primer creador de una religión monoteísta, allá por el siglo xiv a.C. – probablemente sea uno de los personajes históricos peor conocidos y más misterioso. Por este motivo Dimitri Laboury nos propone una biografía arqueológica del regio adorador de Atón basada en la descripción de los hechos de su reinado a través de los restos materiales que han llegado hasta nosotros. A través de numerosas ilustraciones, el autor nos invita a sumergirnos en un Egipto que se encontraba en la cima de su gloria; a seguir paso a paso la reforma político-religiosa que instauró nuestro protagonista una vez fue coronado como faraón; a descubrir lo que realmente se sabe de su reina, la bella y misteriosa Nefertiti; a explorar el Horizonte de Atón, la ciudad que este soberano hizo construir en el Egipto Medio en honor de su nuevo dios, y, por último, a analizar el modo en que los propios egipcios hicieron desaparecer de su historia a este atípico rey, mucho antes de que llegara a resucitar en nuestra memoria contemporánea.
Disciplines :
Art & art history
History
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Laboury, Dimitri  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie égyptienne
Language :
Spanish
Title :
Akhenaton. El primer faraón monoteísta de la historia
Alternative titles :
[en] Akhenaten. The first monotheist Pharaoh of History
[fr] Akhénaton. Le premier pharaon monothéiste de l'histoire
Publication date :
2012
Publisher :
La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid, Spain
ISBN/EAN :
978-84-9970-339-8
Number of pages :
563
Commentary :
Traduction espagnole (réalisée par le Dr José Miguel Parra) de l'ouvrage Akhénaton, Paris, Pygmalion - Flammarion, 2010
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