The age of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1322 B.C.) was one of the most intriguing epochs in ancient Egyptian history. It was also dynamic and complex in terms of artistic styles. What follows is a selected bibliography of publications related to the art, history and culture of the boy-king's epoch. It spans immediately before, during and shortly after the Amarna Period of the "heretic" Pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 B.C.), including citations for the archaeology of Amarna and vintage photography of Tutankhamun's tomb and its contents.
General:
Freed, Rita E., Yvonne J. Markowitz, Sue H. D'Auria
(eds.), et al. Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti,
Tutankhamen (exh. cat.). Boston, New York and London:
Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, 1999.
Hawass, Zahi. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the
Pharaohs (exh. cat.). Washington, DC: National Geographic,
2005.
Shaw, Ian (ed.). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 218-313.
Silverman, David P., Josef W. Wegner and Jennifer
Houser Wegner. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun: Revolution
and Restoration. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 2006.
Prelude to Amarna:
Kozloff, Arielle P., Betsy M. Bryan, et al. Egypt's
Dazzling Sun (exh. cat.). Cleveland: Cleveland
Museum of Art, 1992.
Akhenaten and Nefertiti:
Aldred, Cyril. Akhenaten, King of Egypt.
London: Thames & Hudson, 1988.
_____. Akhenaten and Nefertiti (exh. cat.).
New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1973.
Arnold, Dorothea, et al. The Royal Women of
Amarna (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 1997.
Redford, Donald B. Akhenaten, the Heretic King.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.
Reeves, Nicholas. Akhenaten: Egypt's False
Prophet. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Smith, Ray Winfield and Donald B. Redford.
The Akhenaten Temple Project. Warminster:
Aris & Phillips, 1976.
Ziegler, Christiane (ed.). The Pharaohs (exh. cat.).
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.,
2002, 466-469.
Tutankhamun:
Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane. Tutankhamun:
Life and Death of a Pharaoh. New York: New York
Graphic Society, 1963.
Edwards, I.E.S. The Treasures of Tutankhamun
(exh. cat.). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1971.
_____. Treasures of Tutankhamun (exh. cat.).
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
_____. Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Its Treasures.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
James, T.G.H. Tutankhamun.
New York: Metro Books, 2002.
Reeves, Nicholas. The Complete Tutankhamun:
The King, The Tomb, The Royal Treasure.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995.
Archaeology of Amarna:
Trope, Betsy Teasley, Stephen Quirke and Peter
Lacovara, et al. Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries
from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London (exh. cat.). Atlanta:
Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2005, 67-78.
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Photography of Tutankhamun's Tomb
and Its Contents:
Allen, Susan J. Tutankhamun's Tomb: The
Thrill of Discovery (Photographs by Harry Burton)
(exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 2006.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wonderful
Things: The Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.
