Egypt's religious revolutionary; Akhenaten - Egypt's False Prophet. By Nicholas Reeves (Thames & Hudson, pounds 18.95). Reviewed by Richard Edmonds.(Books)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: June 9, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Richard Edmonds

Nicholas Reeves is a romantic - a quality that is necessary for any archeologist investigating the complex history of Ancient Egypt. In the prologue to his fine study of the mysterious god-king Akhenaten, he tells of an old Egyptian peasant woman in 1887 digging up (with great disappointment it must be said) a cache of clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform script. She had hoped for gold.

But these things were more precious than gold and t...

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