T?? D?sc?n??nts ?? N????titi ?n? t?? Si?lin?s ?? T?t?nk??m?n
In t?? ??ll?w?? ??lls ?? ?nci?nt E???t, ?mi?st t?? w?is???s ?? ???????s ?n? t?? s????ws ?? ????mi?s, t???? ?xist?? ? lin???? int??twin?? wit? int?i???, ??w??, ?n? l???c?. Am?n? t?? m?st n?t??l? ?i????s w??? t?? ??sc?n??nts ?? N????titi, t?? ??m?? ????n, ?n? t?? si?lin?s ?? T?t?nk??m?n, t?? ??? kin?.
N????titi, ??n?wn?? ??? ??? ????t? ?n? ???c?, wi?l??? si?ni?ic?nt in?l??nc? ???in? t?? ??i?n ?? ??? ??s??n?, P?????? Ak??n?t?n. T???t???, t??? c??ll?n??? t???iti?n ?n? ?s????? in ? n?w ??? c?nt???? ????n? t?? w??s?i? ?? t?? s?n ???, At?n. N????titi’s ??sc?n??nts in???it?? n?t ?nl? ??? ????l ?l???lin? ??t ?ls? ??? s?i?it ?? inn?v?ti?n ?n? ?m?iti?n.
Am?n? t??s? ??sc?n??nts w?s Ank??s?n?m?n, t?? ?????t?? ?? N????titi ?n? Ak??n?t?n, ?n? l?t?? t?? wi?? ?? T?t?nk??m?n. D?s?it? t?? t??m?il t??t ?n??l??? E???t ???in? ??? li??tim?, Ank??s?n?m?n ??m?in?? ? s?m??l ?? ??sili?nc? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n. H?? m???i??? t? T?t?nk??m?n, ??? ??l?-???t???, s?li?i?i?? t??i? ??mil?’s cl?im t? t?? t???n? ?n? ?ns???? t?? c?ntin??ti?n ?? t??i? lin????.
T?t?nk??m?n ?ims?l?, t???st ?nt? t?? t???n? ?t ? ???n? ???, ??c?m? ?n? ?? E???t’s m?st ic?nic ??l??s. T????? ?is ??i?n w?s ??i??, ?is t?m?, ?isc?v???? n???l? int?ct in t?? V?ll?? ?? t?? Kin?s, c??t???? t?? w??l?’s im??in?ti?n ?n? ??v??l?? t?? s?l?n??? ?? ?nci?nt E???ti?n ???i?l ???ctic?s.
B?t ????n? t?? ?limm??in? t???s???s ?? T?t?nk??m?n’s t?m? l?? t?? st??i?s ?? ?is si?lin?s, l?ss??-kn?wn ??t n? l?ss si?ni?ic?nt. P?inc?ss M??it?t?n, t?? ?l??st ?????t?? ?? Ak??n?t?n ?n? N????titi, ?l???? ? ?iv?t?l ??l? in t?? ????l c???t, ??? in?l??nc? ??lt ?v?n ??t?? t?? ??ll ?? ??? ??mil?’s ??n?st?. H?? ??sc?n??nts c???i?? ?n ??? l???c?, n?vi??tin? t?? t?m?lt???s w?t??s ?? E???ti?n ??litics wit? c?nnin? ?n? ???c?.
As t?? s?n?s ?? tim? s?i?t?? ?n? ??n?sti?s ??s? ?n? ??ll, t?? ??sc?n??nts ?? N????titi ?n? t?? si?lin?s ?? T?t?nk??m?n l??t ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n E???ti?n ?ist???. T??i? t?l?s, w?v?n int? t?? ????ic ?? l???n? ?n? l???, c?ntin?? t? c??tiv?t? sc??l??s ?n? ?nt??si?sts ?lik?, ?????in? ?lim?s?s int? ? w??l? w???? ???s w?lk?? ?m?n? m??t?ls ?n? ???????s ??l?? wit? ?ivin? ??t???it?.