ARCE lecture with Betsy Bryan

Dr. Bryan’s talk, “Thebes from Amenhotep III to Tutankhamun: Altered, Abandoned, Mutilated, and Rejuvenated,” explores the ways in which the city of Thebes, the home of national god Amun-Re, was transformed during the 50 years between the reign of Amenhotep III and that of Tutankhamun (ca. 1375-1325 BCE). She focuses on Amenhotep III's development of a newly conceived Thebes of Amun; the origins and rise of Amenhotep IV's god, Aten; the proscription of Amun and his divine family during Akhenaten's reign; and then the return of Amun's cult and the king's patronage under the post-Amarna kings through the reign of Tutankhamun.
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