Aten

Nefertiti: Book of the Dead is just one of many historical novel set in Ancient Egypt. Depicting the Amarna period in which king Akhenaten not only moved the capital of Egypt to his newly created city of Amarna, but also deemed all gods were inferior to Aten, the sun god, and set Egypt towards monotheism. The book follows Rahoter, a “seeker of mysteries,” (an ancient detective) called from Thebes to the new capital to solve a mystery he knows nothing of until he meets Akhenaten himself. He…

many differences between the two. For example, the Bust of Nefertiti was created during the Armana art period. Where art is noted for its artistic style, which is drastically different from conventional styles of art and centered around the worship of Aten. The Armana period focused more on natural beauty and depicted its art with color and a more realistic face. However, the statue of King Menkaure and his queen show a sense of power and contain no color or emotion depicting the seriousness of…

symbol of Egypt. The art at this time was very uncreative. There were no signed pieces. He changed the style of temples from closed to open to the sun. He changed his name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten. He believed that, “There is no god, but Aten”. Akhenaten moved the capital to Akhetaten. All of his followers built a brand new city in the desert. Akhenaten’s son, Tutankhamun, did not agree with any of his father’s changes. Overall, Akhenaten contributed a lot to Egypt. He was a key…

different from other Pharaohs. Some people think that in the fifth year of his reign, Akhenaten had a vision. What he got out of it was that he had to change the religion of Egypt. He started to practice monotheism, the worship of one god, and worshiped Aten. This time was known as the Amarna period. Historians really aren’t sure of the exact dates of his reign. It was either from 1335-1336 B.C. or 1351-1334 B.C. As you can see, the reign of Akhenaten was very interesting. The death of…

or better known as “King Tut”, reigned from 1332-1323 BC. His name translates to “The living image of Aten.” He was considered to be an atrocious ruler, even at nine years old, unlike his father before him. Under his ruling, he made many changes to Egypt that were unpopular with the people. Tut made complete religious changes to Egypt primarily, as he forced the people to follow Monotheism; Aten, the sun God. The death of Tutankhamun is not entirely known, but it is speculated…

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Royal Wife whom inherited the throne, as well. She and her husband left a rather large mark on Egyptian history and Culture even changing the religion and capital of Egypt. Transforming the polytheistic religion into a monotheistic religion worshipping Aten (The sun disk) until the rise of Tutankhamen. She was promoted by her husband as co-regent shortly before his death and it is possible that she ruled by herself from his death to the rise of Tutankhamen. Nefertiti,…

What Is True Beauty? What makes someone or something beautiful? One day while doing research in the library I came across an image that would forever change my aspect on art. It happened to be a sculpture of half a face, which belonged to a woman. Later on that day I did some research of my own and found out the name of that piece was entitled Fragment of the face of a queen. The sculpture spoke on so many things at once, that it was more than amazing. What made that creations hold so much…

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family moments within the relief stele Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters. Here, Akhenaten is holding his daughter Meretaten, while his other daughter Mekeaten plays on Nefertiti’s lap . Arnold also claims that the relief stela "relates to the Aten religion 's concept of creation" this shows that Akhenaton and Nefertiti are viewed as "a primeval 'first pair." The Relief of Princess with an Earring and the relief…