Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen

New York: Viking/ Penguin Books, 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Except for minimal library marks, in Very Good Condition. No pocket or cards, just a stamp on top edge and rear endpaper. Clean and otherwise unmarked, tight & solid. Internals in Fine Condition. 19 Illustration plates. in-text figures throughout, maps and chronologies. Queen Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, the monotheistic pharaoh, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age, 14th Century B.C. She was celebrated throughout Egypt. She suddenly disappeared from the royal family, vanishing as if she had never been. No records survived her death, no monument, her body was never found. Her expulsion and death remain a mystery. The author poses some possible reasons for this. Her world-famous image--on the jacket--in the form of the painted bust discovered in 1912 and first exhibited in 1924, captures her beauty and she is now the most recognizable qyeen of ancient Egypt. Joyce Tyldsley uses a combination of archaeological, textual, and artistic evidence to provide a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, set against the background of the heretical and ephemeral Amarna court, rulers in 14th Century B. C. Egypt. 232 pages with Notes, Further Reading Suggestions and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 1999, Viking/Penguin Books, New York