Aten
Sign in to saveAten, also Aton, Atonu, or Itn (, reconstructed ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system formally established in ancient Egypt by the late Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. Exact dating for the Eighteenth Dynasty is contested, though a general date range places the dynasty in the years 1550 to 1292 BCE. The worship of Aten and the coinciding rule of Akhenaten are major identifying characteristics of a period within the Eighteenth Dynasty referred to as the Amarna Period (1336 BCE).
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Aten was the sun deity at the center of Atenism, a religious system established by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten during the Eighteenth Dynasty (around 1550–1292 BCE). The worship of Aten and Akhenaten's rule define a distinctive historical period called the Amarna Period, making this religious innovation a significant moment in ancient Egyptian history.
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- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Aten
- Deity.image
- Aten.svg
- Deity.alt
- Disc emanating rays of light ending in hands
- Deity.caption
- Aten as it was depicted in the Amarna Period
- Deity.hiero
- i-t:n:N5(See other names written a double cartouche)
- Deity.cult_center
- Akhetaten, archaeological site known as Tell-el Amarna
- Deity.symbol
- Sun disk, reaching rays of light
- Deity.temples
- Great Temple of the Aten, Small Aten Temple
- Deity.venerated_in
- Atenism
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14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origins
- Religion
- Worship
- Iconography
- Architecture
- Royal titulary
- Question of monotheism
- End of Atenism
- Names derived from Aten
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Aten, also Aton, Atonu, or Itn (, reconstructed ) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system formally established in ancient Egypt by the late Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. Exact dating for the Eighteenth Dynasty is contested, though a general date range places the dynasty in the years 1550 to 1292 BCE. The worship of Aten and the coinciding rule of Akhenaten are major identifying characteristics of a period within the Eighteenth Dynasty referred to as the Amarna Period (1336 BCE).
Atenism and the worship of the Aten as the sole god of ancient Egypt state worship did not persist beyond Akhenaten's death. Not long after his death, one of Akhenaten's Eighteenth Dynasty successors, Tutankhamun, reopened the state temples to other Egyptian gods and re-positioned Amun as the pre-eminent solar deity. Aten is depicted as a solar disc emitting rays terminating in human hands.