Erik Hornung is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Basel. Among his many books are History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction and The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, both translated by David Lorton and available from Cornell. David Lorton, an Egyptologist, lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
In Akhenaten and the Religion of Light, Erik Hornung,...explores
the metaphysical and religious dimensions of Akhenaten's
'perestroika'... shows how psychological and medical
interpretations of Akhenaten's portraits based on a literal reading
of their anatomy-bending style have often fed dubious moral
presumptions....'Ugly' and 'sick' Hornung tells us were the most
common epithets applied to Amarna art by scholars at the turn of
the century.
*Lingua Franca*
This short and eminently readable translation... focuses on the
nature of Akhenaten's religion, religious beliefs, and cultic
practices, bringing together concepts and discussions from a wide
range of scholarly writing.
*Journal of the American Oriental Society*
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