Great Hymn to the Aten
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The Great Hymn to the Aten is the longest of a number of hymn-poems written to the sun-disk deity Aten. Composed in the middle of the 14th century BC, it is varyingly attributed to the 18th Dynasty Ph
Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family adoring the Aten
Drawing of the inscription of the hymn text (1908 publication)
A photo of the inscription the Great Hymn text from Ay's Amarna tomb
Psalm 104
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Psalm 104 is the 104th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in Hebrew "ברכי נפשי"; in English in the King James Version: "Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great". In the sligh
Great Hymn to the Aten
…who radically changed traditional forms of Egyptian religion by replacing them with Atenism. The hymn bears a notable resemblance to the biblical Psalm 104. The hymn-poem provides a glimpse of the religious artistry of the Amarna period expressed in multiple forms encompassing literature, new temples, and…
Psalm 104:24 in the West Window of Hook Church
Psalm 104:10, displayed on the restored well at Clearwell, once known as Wellington, in the Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England (2008)