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The Reign of Thutmose IV
by Bryan, Professor Betsy M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0801842026
- ISBN 13
- 9780801842023
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E-274: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Good+. 1991. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD. 1991. 390 pgs. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Thutmose IV was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century BC. His prenomen or royal name, Menkheperure, means "Established in forms is Re." He was the son of Amenhotep II and Tiaa. Thutmose IV was born to Amenhotep II and Tiaa, but was not actually the crown prince and Amenhotep II's chosen successor to the throne. Some scholars speculate that Thutmose ousted his older brother in order to usurp power and then commissioned the Dream Stele in order to justify his unexpected kingship. Thutmose's most celebrated accomplishment was the restoration of the Great Sphinx of Giza and subsequent commission of the Dream Stele. According to Thutmose's account on the Dream Stele, while the young prince was out on a hunting trip, he stopped to rest under the head of the Sphinx, which was buried up to the neck in sand. He soon fell asleep and had a dream in which the Sphinx told him that if he cleared away the sand and restored it he would become the next pharaoh. After completing the restoration of the Sphinx, he placed a carved stone tablet, now known as the Dream Stele, between the two paws of the Sphinx. The restoration of the Sphinx, and the text of the Dream Stele would then be a piece of propaganda on Thutmose's part, meant to bestow legitimacy upon his unexpected kingship. EB; 10.5 X 7.5 X 1.3 inches; 416 pages .
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- Title
- The Reign of Thutmose IV
- Author
- Bryan, Professor Betsy M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0801842026
- ISBN 13
- 9780801842023
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- E-274
- Date Published
- 1991
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