Egyptian temple
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Egyptian temples were places of worship built across ancient Egypt for the sake of the gods and goddesses and in commemoration of the reigning pharaoh. They were seen as houses for the gods or kings t
The Temple of Isis at Philae, consisting of pylons and an enclosed court on the left and the inner building on the right. Constructed around the 4th century BC.
Low relief of Seti I performing rituals for the god Amun, from Seti's mortuary temple at Abydos. Thirteenth century BC
Sunk relief of personified provinces of Egypt bearing offerings for the temple god, from the mortuary temple of Ramesses II at Abydos. Thirteenth century BC
Reconstruction of the Old Kingdom pyramid temple of Djedkare Isesi, with causeway leading out to the valley temple. Twenty-fourth century BC.
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