ІСТОРІЯ АРХЕОЛОГІЧНОГО ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ПАМ’ЯТОК АМАРНСЬКОГО ПЕРІОДУ

O. Zapletniuk

doi:10.15407/skhodoznavstvo2017.77.003

THE HISTORY OF AMARNA PERIOD ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES

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O. Zapletniuk

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of discovery and further archaeological research of the sources of the Egyptian king Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten time (app. 1349–1333 BC) in Tell el-Amarna (Middle Egypt), where the ruins of citycenter Akhetaten are located. The first studies of Akhetaten were carried out at the beginning of the 19th century by B. Drovetti, G. Salt, J. Wilkinson, R. Lepsius and A. Barsanti. However, thorough archaeological excavations in Tell el-Amarna began in 1891 by the expedition of F. Petrie, H. Carter and N. de G. Davies, who copied important narrative and visual sources. In 1912, L. Borchardt’s expedition found a collection of royal and private sculptural portraits in Akhetaten. The main result of this period was discovering a huge range of sources of Amarna Period.
During 1920–1930s expeditions headed by T. Peet, L. Woolley, H. Frankfort, F. Newton and J. Pendlebury worked in Amarna. Prof. Barry Kemp (University of Cambridge, UK) has been directing excavations and archaeological survey at Amarna for the Egypt Exploration Society since 1977. During the last years in Amarna worked such outstanding researchers as A. Bomann, W. Murnane, P. Rose and A. Stevens.
In 1905–1907 in the Valley of the Kings were discovered the tombs of Akhenaten’s family members – Yuya and Tuya (KV 46), the queen Tia (KV 55) were discovered by T. Davis. In the same place in 1922 H. Carter discovered the tomb of Akhenaten’s successor – Pharaoh Tutankhamun (KV 62).
In 1925 the expedition of Chevrier H. found the ruins of the Karnak temple complex of the god Aten and fragments of limestone statues-colossi of the pharaoh Akhenaten in Ancient Thebes (Karnak, Luxor). In 1975–1985, archaeological research of Aten’s temple in Karnak was conducted by D. Redford and J. Gohary. Today, Tell el-Amarna remains the main center of archaeological research of the Amarna period.

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Zapletniuk, O. (2017). THE HISTORY OF AMARNA PERIOD ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES. The Oriental Studies, (77), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.15407/skhodoznavstvo2017.77.003

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Keywords

Akhenaten, Amarna Period, archaeological studies, Egypt, Tell el-Amarna

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