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4.11: House Altar (Amarna Period)

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of a House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters.

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    The link to this video is provided at the bottom of this page.

    House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters, limestone, New Kingdom, Amarna period, eighteenth dynasty, c.1350 BCE (Ägyptisches Museum/Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

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    • Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art/new-kingdom/v/house-altar-depicting-akhenaten-nefertiti-and-three-daughters. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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