Literally hundreds of books and articles of varying degrees of specialization and complexity have been published on the Amarna period. The references listed below include the more basic and accessible publications with preference given to those written in English. All the works listed include bibliographies that will be of interest to those seeking more detailed references on specific subjects. Those seeking further references should also consult the notes on each chapter, and Martin, G. T. (1991), A Bibliography of the Amarna Period and its Aftermath, London.
Aldred, C. (1973), Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Brooklyn.
Aldred, C. (1988), Akhenaten, King of Egypt, London.
Arnold, D. (1996), The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, New York.
Desroches-Noblecourt, C. (1963), Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh, London.
El Mahdy, C. (1999), Tutankhamen: the Life and Death of a Boy King, London.
Filer, J. M. (2004), Health in Ancient Egypt and Nubia: Sources and Issues, London.
Freed, R. E. et al. (1999), Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen, London and Boston.
Kemp. B.J. (1989), Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, London.
Kemp, B.J. and Garfi, S. (1993), A Survey of the Ancient City of El-Amarna, London.
Monserrat, D. (2000), Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, London and New York.
Pendlebury, J. D. S. (1935), Tell el-Amarna, London.
Redford, D. B. (1984), Akhenaten: the Heretic King, Princeton.
Reeves, C. N. (2001), Akhenaten, Egypt’s False Prophet, London.
Reeves, C. N. (1990), The Complete Tutankhamun: the King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure, London.
Romer, J. (1981), Valley of the Kings: Exploring the Tombs of the Pharaohs, New York.
Samson, J. (1978), Amarna, city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Nefertiti as Pharaoh, Warminster.
Samson, J. (1985 revised 1990), Nefertiti and Cleopatra, queen-monarchs of ancient Egypt, London.
Smith, W. S., revised by W. K. Simpson (1981), The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, London.
Thomas, A. P. (1988), Akhenaten’s Egypt, Aylesbury.
Troy, L. (1986), Patterns of Queenship in Ancient Egyptian Myth and History, Uppsala.