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Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was king of Egypt from 1375 to 1358 BC. The cult he founded broke with traditional polytheism, focusing its worship on a single deity - the sun god Aten. This work offers a concise account of Akhenaten and his religion of light. Hornung begins with a discussion of the 19th-century scholars who laid the foundation for our knowledge of Akhenaten's period and extends to the most recent archaeological finds. He emphasizes that Akhenaten's monotheistic theology represented the first attempt in history to explain the entire natural and human world on the basis of a single principle. Hornung also addresses such topics as the origins of the new religion; profound chages in beliefs regarding the afterlife; and the new Egyptian capital at Akhetaten which was devoted to the service of Aten, his prophet Akhenaten, and the latter's family.
Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was king of Egypt from 1375 to 1358 BC. The cult he founded broke with traditional polytheism, focusing its worship on a single deity - the sun god Aten. This work offers a concise account of Akhenaten and his religion of light. Hornung begins with a discussion of the 19th-century scholars who laid the foundation for our knowledge of Akhenaten's period and extends to the most recent archaeological finds. He emphasizes that Akhenaten's monotheistic theology represented the first attempt in history to explain the entire natural and human world on the basis of a single principle. Hornung also addresses such topics as the origins of the new religion; profound chages in beliefs regarding the afterlife; and the new Egyptian capital at Akhetaten which was devoted to the service of Aten, his prophet Akhenaten, and the latter's family.
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During his first and only trip to Egypt, Jean-François Champollion at first planned on a very brief stay in Middle Egypt, the region between the two great ancient centers of Memphis and Thebes. Read the first page
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