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Death and the City: The Cemeteries of Amarna in Their Urban Context

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

jats:pBurial grounds are increasingly being considered as components of lived urban environments in the past. This paper considers how the ancient Egyptian city of jats:italicAkhetaten</jats:italic>, built by king Akhenaten (jats:italicc.</jats:italic> 1349–1332 jats:scbc</jats:sc>), was constructed and experienced as a space inhabited both by the living and the dead. Drawing upon results from ongoing excavations at the burial grounds of the general population, it considers how the archaeological record of the settlement and its cemeteries segue and explores how the nature of burial landscapes and the need to maintain reflexive relationships between the living and the dead in the midst of a changing religious milieu contributed to the unique character of jats:italicAkhetaten</jats:italic> as a city. It asks what kind of city jats:italicAkhetaten</jats:italic> was, and what it was like to live through the Amarna period.</jats:p>

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4301 Archaeology, 4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology

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Cambridge Archaeological Journal

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Journal ISSN

0959-7743
1474-0540

Volume Title

28

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Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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British Academy (SG121253)