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The Awakening Aten envelops the reader in an Egypt of whispers and fears, of webs within webs, deceit upon deceit. Its themes of murder, intrigue, political and religious conflict, corruption, tomb robbing, war and executions are set against a background of fundamental ideological change. Ancient Egypt is seen through the eyes of two families; one royal, the other commoner. Yuya, whose tomb is in the Valley of the Kings, is a foreigner who rises from slavery to become Regent to an infant Pharaoh and thus, the most powerful man in the world's wealthiest empire. His children and descendants will remain at the very heart of the country's destiny. Kha is a tomb painter and builder who experiences both the despair of imprisonment and the horror of war. As Overseer of the King's Works he restores the Great Sphinx, and inscribes the 'Dream Stela' placed between its paws, still visible today. Through tragic and deathly events his family and that of Yuya become entwined. This is the fictional tale of real people, whose possessions and artefacts can be seen in museums throughout the world. It gives a voice to those people, inspired by their personal items, buried with them 3,000 years ago.

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Ancient Egypt

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Publié par	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	23 mai 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781838599027
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Copyright © 2019 Aidan K. Morrissey

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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For Alison
My inspiration and life.

‘One asked oneself in bewilderment whether the ashes here, seemingly not cold, had truly ceased to glow at a time when Rome and Greece were undreamt of, when Assyria did not exist, and when the Exodus of the Children of Israel was yet unaccomplished.’
( Arthur Weigall, Egyptian Antiquities Service Inspector (1906) on discovery of a lamp, containing burnt out ashes, in the tomb of Kha and Merit)

Contents
LIST OF CHARACTERS AND PLACES

PART ONE
PART TWO
PART THREE

HISTORICAL NOTES

LIST OF CHARACTERS AND PLACES
Being a novel based on real historical characters, there are a large number of people who make up this story. Below is a list of the main characters and I have made a note as to whether these were people who really existed or who have been created in whole [fictional] or in part [composite] by my imagination. In order to maintain historical accuracy, there are several characters with the same name. This tended to be a generational naming and the story will differentiate between those characters and hopefully not cause confusion. With some characters whose background is unknown I have fictionalised their backstory for the sake of the novel. Please see the historical notes at the end of the book.
The term ‘Pharaoh’ was unknown in ancient Egypt and throughout the novel the rulers are referred to as ‘Kings.’ 3500 years ago as this story unfolds, place names were all totally different. The country was known by the name of ‘Kemet,’ or, ‘The Two Lands.’ I have included below a list of other ancient names used in the novel and their modern day, or more familiar names.

The Royal Family:

King Amenhotep II:
A son of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut [Real]
Queen Merytre-
Hatshepsut :
Wife of Thutmose III and mother of Amenhotep II [Real]
Crown Prince
Thutmose:
(Later Thutmose IV): Son of Amenhotep II [Real]
Mutemwiya
(Parukhepa):
Wife of Thutmose IV and Mother of Haqwaset [Real]
Haqwaset :
(King Amenhotep III) son of Thutmose IV [Real]
Queen Tiye :
Daughter of Yuya; Haqwaset’s ‘Great Royal Wife’ [Real]
Thutmose :
Eldest son of Haqwaset and Tiye [Real]
Amenhotep (Teppy):
Younger son of Haqwaset and Tiye [Real]
Kirgipa :
A lesser wife of Haqwaset [Real]
Smenkhare :
Son of Haqwaset and Kirgipa [Fictional/Composite]
Tamyt:
Pet cat belonging to Thutmose [Real]

Merymose’s Family:

Merymose :
Half-brother of Haqwaset and Viceroy of Kush [Real]
Merkare :
Merymose’s wife [Fictional]
Aperel:
Son of Merymose and Merkare [Real]
Djutmosis :
Son of Merymose and Merkare [Real]
Maiherpri :
Son of Merymose and Merkare [Real]

Yuya’s Family:

Yuya (Yusuf):
Slave, later Overseer of the King’s Granaries [Real]
Asenath :
First Wife of Yuya [Composite]
Tjuya :
Second Wife of Yuya [Real]
Tiye :
Daughter of Yuya and Tjuya (Queen Tiye ‘Great Royal Wife’ of Haqwaset) [Real]
Ay :
Son of Yuya and father of Nefertiti [Real]
Anen:
Son of Yuya [Real]
Nefertiti:
Daughter of Ay [Real]

Kha’s family:

Kha :
Tomb Painter [Real]
Merit :
Kha’s wife [Real]
Djoser :
Son of Kha and Merit [Fictional]
Tawy/Tawosret :
Daughter of Kha and Merit [Composite]
Merit:
Daughter of Kha and Merit [Real]

Perneb’s Family:

Perneb :
Thief [Fictional]
Nofret:
Perneb’s wife [Fictional]
Pihuri:
Son of Perneb and Nofret [Fictional]
Takhat :
Pihuri’s wife [Fictional]

Place names:

Kemet :
Egypt
Waset :
Thebes/Modern Luxor
Ineb-Hedj :
Memphis
Ipet-Sut :
Temple of Karnak
Ipet-Ryst :
Temple of Luxor
Iunet:
Dendera
Khent-min :
Akhmin
Kush :
Nubia/Northern Sudan
Naharina :
Mittani Kingdom; roughly covering modern day south east Turkey, Syria and northern Iraq.
Hor-em-Akhet :
Great Sphinx at Giza
Per-Bast:
Bubastis

PART ONE

PERNEB’S DREAM
“If a man sees himself in a dream…”
Opening line of Egyptian Hieratic Papyri,
Dream Interpretation Scroll,
c. 1400BCE – British Museum .

Wind and waves pummelled my body. Hands and feet blistered and raw, eyes stinging, lips cracked and split, throat burning. All of this as nothing compared to the excruciating pain caused by the captain’s incessant whipping. Each flogging creating fresh welts across my back. Crimson rivulets trickled down, mixing with crystalizing salt. Open wounds crying out in agony, for mercy, for release. The favoured instrument of punishment, for this sadistic seaman, was no ordinary whip, but the supple branches of a willow tree. Pliable, strong, taken in bud, certain to inflict multiple overlapping lesions, guaranteed to draw blood.
Khonsu, the moon god, had deserted us. Neither he nor the star gods showed themselves. A deep, torchless-tomb blackness surrounded us.
‘Get the sail down,’ yelled the captain to anyone who could hear him.
‘Too late,’ shouted the imey-hat, his second in command. ‘You’ve killed us with this foolhardy venture. Taking a river trading boat out onto the open sea is beyond stupidity.’
I watched as shadows moved in front of me. My hands and arms locked rigidly around the helm, muscle and sinew straining, weakened by the pounding sea, the lashing wind and scourging whip. The boat rolled violently.
Looking once more in my direction, his whip struck again. ‘Perneb, you imbecile, hold the course. I bought you for your youth and strength. I wasted my gold

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