Akhnaton, a play by Agatha Christie, was set in Ancient Egypt, and followed the exploits of Tutankhamun and his father. The play is now out of print and seldom performed. Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a English crime fiction writer. ... Ancient Egypt was an African civilization located along the upper Nile, reaching from the Nile Delta in the north to as far south as Jebel Barkal at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile at the time of its greatest extension (15th century BC). ... A portrait of the young Tutankhamun by Winifred Brunton. ...