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Author
Series
Amelia Peabody volume 20
Language
English
Description
Egypt, 1912--Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth Peters' bestselling, beloved mystery series. Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in a well-earned bubble...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Although she is a dutiful daughter, Nefertiti's dancing abilities, remarkable beauty, and intelligence garner attention near and far, so much so that her family is summoned to the Egyptian royal court, where Nefertiti becomes a pawn in the power play of her scheming aunt, Queen Tiye.
7) Nefertiti
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Read in "Nefertiti" about a queen renowned for her beauty during a tumultuous time in Egyptian history.
10) Slayer of gods
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In ancient Egypt during the reign of Tutankhamun, Lord Meren joins forces with Anath, the Eyes of Babylon, a clever female counterpart, to find out who poisoned Queen Nefertiti and to stop a treacherous conspiracy out to bring down the pharaoh.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Secretly assigned to solve the disappearance of the enigmatic Egyptian queen, chief detective of ancient Thebes Rai Rahotep finds himself removed from his quaint home village and thrust into a teeming criminal world in which he is a stranger.
Author
Publisher
Contemporary Perspectives
Pub. Date
[1977]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The life of Nefertiti concentrating on the period during which her husband, Amenhetep IV, struggled to change the ancient forms of worship in Egypt from many gods to one, the sun god.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold funerary mask of his son Tutankhamun and the painted bust of his wife...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt was the capital city of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his chief consort, Nefertiti. Occupied for just sixteen or so years in the fourteenth century BC, the city lay largely abandoned and forgotten until excavations over the last hundred years brought it back into prominence. Based on more than three decades of research and excavation by Barry Kemp, this account provides new insight into Amarna...
16) Nefertiti
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Raised far from the Egyptian court with her sister, Mutnodjmet, the beautiful and ambitious Nefertiti becomes the wife of the radical new pharaoh, Amunhotep, encouraging his plans to overturn Egypt's state religion and making powerful enemies in the process.
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Tutmose, an apprentice sculptor, and his nearly-blind brother, Ibrim, an apprentice musician, are content at the court of Pharoah Akhenaten, but their father rages against Pharoah's rejection of traditional Egyptian gods and plots a deadly revenge.
Author
Series
Harvard Egyptological studies volume Volume 2/1
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example?"-- Provided by publisher....