During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries
BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom
crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures,
ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives
of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions.
Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among
Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the
evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the
period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the
period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the
intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively
illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known
to non-specialists of the period.
By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned
Legacy.