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Tweets from @ChrisNaunton’s #PeopleAtAmarna Zoom lecture courtesy of @TheEES: a thread! He covered how we got to know Amarna from its foundations through early EEF/EES excavations (highly suggest joining his next lecture, link below) 1/7
#PeopleAtAmarna Iconography dramatically changes, perhaps as a visual way of breaking with the old order as a means of upsetting power structure as priestly class grew too powerful/had control of too many resources 2/7
#PeopleAtAmarna Iconography about Aten but also elevates royal family (including daughters). Nefertiti takes unprecedented role as great royal wife. Architecture designed to reflect this, from placement of tomb to window where they may have appeared to public like the Pope 3/7
#PeopleAtAmarna @BritishLibrary is amazing source of unpublished #Egyptology surveys, maps, etc. esp. Hayes collection. Some to be published in @ChrisNaunton’s upcoming book "Egyptologists’ Notebooks" (September 2020) 4/7
#PeopleAtAmarna not part of the lecture but my takeaway - compare your site drawings (esp archival ones) with Google maps satellite views to see how layout has changed over time, what is natural vs built vs spoil heap #Archaeology 5/7
#PeopleAtAmarna #AmarnaProject website is fantastic http://www.amarnaproject.com/ . @TheEES YT channel has John Pendlebury #Archaeology recordings from 1932 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL85556374907053C0. Archive holds unpublished excavation cards! Further reading: https://chrisnaunton.com/people-at-amarna-links-further-reading/ 6/7
#PeopleAtAmarna Sign up for @TheEES Zoom lectures here: https://www.ees.ac.uk/Pages/Events/Category/events or visit #Egypt old and new through virtual tours! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virtually-tour-five-egyptian-landmarks-180974696/ 7/7
