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
Tutankhamun
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Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, was the third to last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who ruled c. 1332 – 1323 BC, dying at about the age of 18. Born Tutankhaten, his administration re
Atenism
…religious exclusivity either toward the end of his reign or after his death. A more explicit return to tradition took place under the next king, Tutankhaten, who came to the throne as a child and was probably Akhenaten's son. In the early years of his reign, presumably guided by adult advisors, Tutankhaten…
Tutankhamun's golden funerary mask at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt
Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun with two anonymous children (below), who are either their offspring or the representation of the King and the Queen themselves.
The throne of Tutankhamun, the Aten depicted above
A statue of the god Amun, with the features of Tutankhamun.