Aten

Akhenaten brings upon many changes to Egypt and its religion through the Aten Revolution. He moves the capital of Egypt and becomes the first king to establish an official religion and attempt to remove the idea of there be many gods and instead suggesting that there is only one. (site) This one god is Aten, one religion is Atenism and Akhenaten himself is the only prophet of Aten. Akhenaten does allow other gods besides Aten but Aten is higher than all these gods. However, Amun is completely…

sun god, Aten, his father's god. Aten derived from the Story of Sinuhe of the 12th dynasty and got its name from the deceased king that was said to have risen as god of the heavens, uniting with the sun disk. Aten became the focal point in the empire becoming the center god. Leading to King Amenhotep IV to change his name to King Akhenaten to show his likeness with the new supreme god. King Akhenaten began taking the names of the old god and their temples and blending them into that of aten.…

with such an honor with his full confidence in her ability to help him manage the reforms he wished to initiate. Nefertiti must have wielded more power than any woman in Egypt since the time of Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BCE). (Mark) Several temples to Aten had been commissioned in Thebes by the pharaoh before his announcement. The artwork on these temples were unlike the adornments of previous temples. Idolatry of gods and reliefs illustrating former religious ceremonies were replaced by…

The time-frame during which Akhenaten dominated as king, Pharaoh and representative of Aten was the corner stones of developing non secular concepts. Throughout Akhenaten’s reign, within the Amarna era, cities were enraptured and creative work and magnificence modified. However, just what makes this era so revolutionary is that the truth…

Long ago in ancient Egypt, there was a powerful queen by the name of Nefertiti who ruled during one of Egypt’s most prosperous periods: the end of the 18th dynasty. Her life is shrouded in mystery, for in those times was not recorded as accurately and in detail as it is today. One of the most important events of her rule was her sudden disappearance from Egyptian history. In Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen, Joyce Tyldesley uses archeological evidence and excerpts from articles written by trusted…

Who Was Nefertiti? Nefertiti could quite possibly be the most powerful queen in ancient Egypt. Nefertiti’s childhood is still a mystery. Most egyptolosts and archiogloists haven’t found actual facts to back up their statements on Nefrertiti’s childhood. Nefertiti was married to the pharoah Akenaten at about fifteen. Nefertiti was given a lot of power Queen Nefertiti has somewhat of a vague childhood. “What is so striking about Nefertiti’s life and work is that, even though her likeness –…

say that what enhance my power almost destroyed my kingdom. With so much land from the ex-temples being transferred to the throne, there was room for sloppy property handling and Ancient Egyptian real estate fraud. Not only that, but establishing new Aten temples and constructing a brand new capital city completely exhausted national resources. Plus, while I myself was busy with the reform, I let my advisors supervise the entire rest of the country. It all worked out in the end, but, looking…

The destruction of the memory of Akhenaten’s reign became law, and later pharaohs attempted to destroy any evidence of the Aten religion and Akhenaten himself. There was already random vandalism at Amarna, and some of the talaat stone had been used for other building projects, but after Tutankhamun’s death a serious, official campaign of destruction began. As described by Cyril Aldred, “Figures of Amarna royalty had been defaced in reliefs and statuary and their names expunged. Their memorials…

for the elevated status she held as Queen. Together with her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten, they became most known for establishing a revolutionary change in their religion, when they moved Egypt into the direction of monotheism of the sun disc, Aten. This conversion also influenced a change in art style, as the discovery of Nefertiti’s limestone bust made her a famous queen in modern times. Despite being so well known, the latter half of her reign as Queen holds much controversy. Some say she…

to the army and the country gathered a lot of hatred from the Egyptian people. This new found religion and new form of art became monumental in Egyptian history. The purpose of this artwork was to show just how much the Pharaoh adorned the Sun-God Aten. Most reliefs or artwork of Pharaoh Akhenaten and of his family shows them offering gifts to the sun, as a token of gratitude. Reliefs such as these were made because the pharaoh wanted to be publicized. He wanted those who were polytheistic, to…