. Kings and gods of Egypt . I. Amcnophis IV. when Young, andHis Wife. (Berlin).. II. Khounaton in Later Years, and His Family.(Berlin—Spiegelberg, ^Egypt, Kunst). Plate VIII. Revolution of Amenophis IV 67 one of the royal princesses), works, which bythe perfection of their modelling, the accuri of observation, and the harmonious attainmentof life-like execution, rank among the marvels ofclassical art and of sculpture of all ages. Amenophis IV reigned scarcely sixteen years,and, perhaps,—if we should judge from certainof his effigies (Plate VIII, 2),— the struggle withthe priests of Amon broke
. Kings and gods of Egypt . I. Amcnophis IV. when Young, andHis Wife. (Berlin).. II. Khounaton in Later Years, and His Family.(Berlin—Spiegelberg, ^Egypt, Kunst). Plate VIII. Revolution of Amenophis IV 67 one of the royal princesses), works, which bythe perfection of their modelling, the accuri of observation, and the harmonious attainmentof life-like execution, rank among the marvels ofclassical art and of sculpture of all ages. Amenophis IV reigned scarcely sixteen years,and, perhaps,—if we should judge from certainof his effigies (Plate VIII, 2),— the struggle withthe priests of Amon broke down his health andbrought upon him a premature old age. His workdid not survive him. His second successor, Tou-tankhamon, son of another wife of Amenophis III,restored the worship of Amon and the power of thehigh-priests, preparing thus, in a not far distantfuture (about three hundred years) for the acces-sion of the priest-kings of Thebes. The templesof Aton were in their turn sacked, and the memoryof Khounaton was dishonoured and reviled. In anofficial document of th
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