EAN: 9781408714249

PHARAOHS OF THE SUN - GUY DE LA BÉDOYÈRE KARTON...

For more than two centuries Egypt was ruled by the most powerful  successful  and richest
dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut  the
warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II  the religious radical Akhenaten and his queen
Nefertiti  and most famously of all for the wealth of his tomb the short-lived boy king
Tutankhamun. The power and riches of the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty came at enormous cost to
Egypt's enemies and most of its people. This was an age of ruthless absolutism  exploitation 
extravagance  brutality  and oppression in a culture where not only did Egypt plunder its
neighbours but Egyptian kings and their people robbed one another. 3 500 years ago ancient
Egypt began two centuries in which it became richer and more powerful than any other nation at
the time  ruled by the kings of the 18th Dynasty. They presided over a system built on war 
oppression  and ruthlessness  pouring Egypt's wealth into grandiose monuments  temples  and
extravagant tombs. Tutankhamun was one of the last of the line and one of the most obscure.
Among his predecessors were some of the most notorious and enigmatic figures of all of Egypt's
history. Pharaohs of the Sun is their story  showing how the glamour and gold was tainted by
selfishness  ostentation  and the systematic exploitation of Egypt's people and enemies.

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