Professor Wildung traces the evolution of the elaborate Egyptian mythology through the legends of two historical persons prominent in the politics and culture of ancient Egypt: Imhotep, builder of the Step Pyramid at Sakhara, and Amenhotep III, the father of Akhenaten. Through the veneration of their contemporaries and later generations, these two figures rose to the level of saints and ultimately became legitimate members of the pantheon. The popularity of such saints created by the feelings and eeds of a religious people, was generally encouraged by the reigning kings who presented themselves as intermediaries between man and god, acting as healers, advisors, and oracular gods. A systematic classification of the self deification of these Pharaohs reveals their attempts to encourage popular acceptance of the Pharaoh as a holy person and exposes the fagility of the famous sacred kingship and the weaknesses and human characters of the Pharaohs.

Egyptian Saints: Deification in Pharaonic Egypt (Hagop Kevorkian Series on Near Eastern Art and Civilization)

Politics & Social Sciences

Wildung, Dietrich

Social Sciences

New York University Press

This beautifully illustrated book showcases the newly reopened Egyptian Museum and Papyrus collections of the Neues Museum, Berlin. The hundred selected masterpieces are all presented in photographs from multiple angles, but rather than each being accompanied by a short description, they are instead used to illustrate a thematic narrative which follows the same themes as the rooms of the new museum layout.

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin: 100 Masterpieces

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Scala Publishers

The Egyptian Museum in Berlin devotes an entire room to one of the most spectacular examples of Egyptian sculpture in existence: a limestone and stucco bust of Queen Nefertiti, created around 1340 BC by the court sculptor Thutmose, in whose studio Nefertiti herself stood as a model for the work. It was this bust that, upon its discovery in 1912, made the exceptionally beautiful queen the household name she is today. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of its discovery, this volume looks at the modern history of the bust. Dietrich Wildung, Director of the Egyptian Museum from 1989 to 2009, brings his decade of familiarity to bear upon this world-famous, 3,300-year-old sculpture, exploring its reception in twentieth-century art and literature.

The Many Faces of Nefertiti

Hatje Cantz

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung im Neuen Museum: 100 Meisterwerke

Reiter, Fabian

Zorn, Olivia

Wasmuth Ernst Verlag

Eygptian Art in Berlin

Agyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung

Egypt From prehistory to the Romans 
The architecture of the pharaohs represents some of the most impressive creative work ever produced in Egyptian art and yet it has never been completely assessed. This volume is a singularly complete record of the architecture of the pharaohs ranging from 3000 BC to the Egyptian style of today, from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids. Recent research and evocative pictures blend to create a new view on the oldest architecture in the world - a very special kind of journey through Egypt. 
The author: Dietrich Wildung is Curator of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin and professor of Egyptology at the Freie Universität in Berlin. He directs excavations in the Nile Delta and organises international exhibitions about Egypt. He specializes in art in the Kingdom of the Pharaoh. 
The editor: Henri Stierlin was born in Alexandria in 1928. In 1948 he published his first articles on art history and made numerous radio and television programmes on the history of civilisation.

Egypt: From Prehistory to the Romans

Taschen America, LLC

Egipto de La Prehistoria a Los Romanos (Taschen's World Architecture) (Spanish Edition)

History

Africa

Taschen GmbH.

This volume presents an illustrated record of the architecture of the pharaohs, ranging from 3000 BC to the Egyptian style of today, from the Sudan to the Mediterranean. The meanings of wall hieroglyphics are deciphered.

The architecture of the pharaohs represents some of the most impressive creative work ever produced in Egyptian art and yet it has never been completely assessed. Dietrich Wildung, Curator of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, gives a compelling account of the breathtaking architectural achievements in the Valley of the Nile during one of the oldest architectural eras: from the earliest royal tombs from c. 3000 B.C. to the pyramids of Giza and the temples of Karnak and Luxor. This volume provides a fascinating insight into a civilization that has caught the imagination of countless generations since its demise, elucidating not only 3000 years of architectural history, but also outlining the related visual arts, reliefs and wall paintings. With more than 250 color illustrations, computer-aided reconstructions, plans of famous buildings and clear chronological tables that place architectural developments within the context of historical events.

Architecture

This volume records the stunning architecture of the pharaohs ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the Egyptian style of today. It takes readers from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids. Recent research and evocative pictures create a new view of the oldest architecture in the world — a very special kind of journey through Egypt.

Egipto: Egypt, Spanish-Language Edition (Culturas antiguas) (Spanish Edition)

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