Atenism
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Atenism, also known as the Aten religion, the Amarna religion, and the Amarna heresy, was a religion in ancient Egypt. It was founded by Akhenaten, a pharaoh who ruled the New Kingdom under the Eighte
Limestone relief at Amarna depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their children adoring Aten, c. 1372–1355 BC
Reconstruction of the sun temple of Nyuserre Ini, twenty-fifth century BC
Open-air sun chapel and altar in the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, fifteenth century BC
Colossal statue of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) from the temple of the Aten at Karnak
Amarna art
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Amarna art, or the Amarna style, is a style adopted in the Amarna Period during and just after the reign of Akhenaten in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, during the New Kingdom. Whereas ancient Egyptian a
Akhenaten, Nefertiti and three daughters beneath the Aten, Berlin
Two of Akhenaten's daughters, Nofernoferuaton and Nofernoferure, c. 1375–1358 BC. This comfortable and intimate family setting is repeated in other pieces of Amarna art
Princess of the Akhenaten family, Louvre
Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.