Name: Aten/Aton (pronounced AHT-n) Worshipped: 1350s to 1330s BCE In Egyptian mythology, Aten was known as the sun disc deity (once an aspect of RA) who was worshiped during the reign of Akhenaten (previously known as Amenhotep IV) in the Eighteenth Dynasty. Known as the giver of life, this deity was never pictured in human form. Rather, Aten appeared as a large sun disc which had rays of sunlight extending to those who were faithful.
King Akhenaten and Nefertiti praying to the Sun God Aten
Amun-ra Sun God And Akhenaten
Relief of Akhenaten as a sphinx | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Meritaten and Meketaten offer flowers to the sun god (Wikimedia)
Amun-ra Sun God And Akhenaten
Akhenaton with Aten, Egyptian Sun God Stock Photo
Ancient Egyptian Royal Devotion - Akhenaten's Family Worshipping the Sun God
Amun-ra Sun God And Akhenaten
Akhenaten relief carving - King in form of a Sphinx Dimensions :- 27cm wide (almost 1 ft) x 15cm (6 inches) On offer here is a reproduction of one of my classic carvings depicting the unmistakable features of the Sun Pharaoh Akhenaten in one of his more unusual depictions as a Sphinx. Made of a durable limestone / quartzite composition it can be placed outside to be lit by the sun and that is a great way to activate the details. Alternatively you may wish to display indoors with a lamp. I have used a simple desk lamp to bring the carving to life in these photos. I have added fine painted details and aged colours to emulate a realistic ancient fragment that has had it's paint well preserved. To maintain this coloration, it is best to display indoors. A wire loop on the back allows for a wal
Akhenaten, originally Amenhotep IV, was a Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died around 1336 BCE. He was known for his religious revolution in which one god only, Aten, or the sun disc, was worshiped. This was not popular in Egypt and polytheism was restored during the reign of his son, the boy king, Tutankhamun.. http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot.com/2009/02/barackhnaten-and-renaissance-tiye.html
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AKHENATON AND ELIOGABAL, SOLAR DEITIES. Adversed characters, separated by more than a millennium, who supported a monotheistic cultual revolution which put at top the "shining Solar Disk", divinized with the Egyptian name Aton or the Syriac El-Gabal. The divinized sun claimed its primacy as visible source of radiant light; from it descended all traditional divinities, while the Pharaoh or the Syriac King-priest acquired divine status as God's living manifestations.
Akhenaton, pharaon de la XVIIIe dynastie, impose le culte d’Aton et fonde Akhetaton (Amarna) : temples ouverts à la lumière, rupture avec Amon, art et pouvoir réinventés. Une plongée immersive dans la réforme religieuse la plus audacieuse de l’Égypte antique, jusqu’à l’effacement et la damnatio memoriae.