Return to Thebes - Amarna, Bk 2 Author:Allen Drury EGYPT...In 1362 BC, it was a civilization both advanced and overripe. For three millennia it had endured. Now the corruption of its gods, the seeds of internal rebellion and the mad dreams of a king threatened to topple the Royal House of Thebes and the golden empire they dominated. — A sequel to "A God against the Gods," the two formin... more »g a picture of that part of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt dominated by Pharoah Akhenaten, his queen Nefertiti and youngest brother Tutankhamen.« less