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  Encyclopedia: Akhetaten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna) is the name given to an extensive archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c.
The name for the city used by the ancient Egyptians was Akhetaten (or Akhetaton - transliterations vary), meaning "the Horizon of the Aten".
The site was discovered in 1887 when a local woman digging for sebakh uncovered a cache of 300 tablets (now known as the Amarna letters).
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 God - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Hebrew Ark of the Covenant adapted this practice to a nomadic lifestyle, paving their way for a singular God.
The cult of the solar god Aten is often cited as the earliest known example of monotheism, but even if Akhetaten's hymn to Aten praises this god as omnipotent creator, worship of other gods beside him never ceased.
Early examples of monotheism also include two late rigvedic hymns (10.129,130) to a Panentheistic creator god, Shri Rudram, a Vedic hymn to Rudra, an earlier aspect of Shiva, which expressed monistic theism, and is still chanted today, the Zoroastrian Ahuramazda and Chinese Shang Ti.
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 Egyptian Screensavers
Four years into his reign Akhenaten overthrew the old religious order of Egypt in favor of one god, Aten the sun god.
He moved the center of government from Thebes to Akhetaten (Horizon of the Aten), a fabulous new city that he built in the desert as a center for the worship of Aten.
For these actions, he was known as the "heretic" king.
www.kenseamedia.com /parts/egyptian_screensavers.htm   (1084 words)

  
 The Royal Estate in Central City at Amarna (Ancient Akhetaten)
The Royal Estate in Central City at Amarna (Ancient Akhetaten)
Despite the elaborateness of the royal complex located in Central City at Amarna, Egyptologists do not, for the most part, appear to believe this to be the principal residence of the heretic king, Akhenaten in his capital.
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www.touregypt.net /featurestories/royalestate.htm   (2647 words)

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