27:28 - 29:12
1m 44s
To further weaken the old priesthood Akhenaton decides to abandon Thebes and build a new capital at Amarna. This new capital, in a very unlikely and harsh location, is entirely planned out in order to celebrate the Pharaoh and his new faith.
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The move from Thebes to Amarna is completed, with inhabitants and bureaucrats making the 200 mile trip up the Nile to the new planned community. It is an open city, with an enormous temple to Aten, the god of Akhenaten.
Explores the contest and rivalry between the Egyptians in Upper Egypt and the occupying Hyksos, who had more advanced technology, in Lower Egypt.
Examines the role of women in Egyptian religion, especially "God's Wife of Amun," the highest priestess in the Egyptian religion and temple estate at Karnak.
Recounts the discovery of artifacts related to Queen Nefertiti, who wielded considerable power alongside her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. She is known also a beautiful queen, even attested in poems of her husband.
Covers the importance of Amun in Egyptian religious beliefs and some of the devotions undertaken for Amun.