Amarna Essays

worshipped. During the introduction in worship of God Aten, Akhenaten constituted a location solely for the worship of Aten (without the “contamination of other gods”) known as the “Horizon of Aten”. It is a desert site known today as el-Amarna. East of el-Amarna is a valley leading to city and desert. There, Akhenaten began excavating tombs for the royal family. This is the location of Akhenaten’s

documents suggest the city continued functioning for 10 more years. Destroyed by later pharaohs like the Ramesside kings, systematically resources were reused to build other projects. Images of Aten and the royal family decorating the buildings. The Amarna Letters are a series of 350 clay tablets that have been derived from the city discovered

Due to his apparent hate for the priests of Amun and his feelings towards Akhenaten after he dies, Bek, the main sculptor and good friend of Akhenaten, shows a bias towards Akhenaten. When Bek is explaining when he met Akhenaten, he despises the quick judgment the priests make against Akhenaten by saying that they "interpreted it as an evil force that had taken hold of Akhenaten... The evil force dwelt within the hearts of the priests" (64). To most readers, this may seem like an objective comment

dramatic decision to shift from the traditional origins of polytheism to monotheism. This attempted religious reform, also came along with many drastic political moves and statements. This diplomatic correspondence can be seen extensively throughout the Amarna Letters with exchanges between Egypt and several other surrounding locations such as Babylonia, Hatti and Assyria. These letters

stated that “There is only one god, I can approach him by day and night.” He was the first to believe in one god. He moved from Thebes to Amarna, and he lived there for 10 years. He boosted Amarna to 10,000 citizens. Most of the citizens were priests, traders, artisans, boatmen and their families. He built the widest road for chariot processions and stretched Amarna out to the far desert. The city had statues of him and decent housing. He ”Demanded that artist to draw a picture of him and his family

sun” (Heather Pringle, 2014) and it would be everyday that they would go through the town, showing the power of Aten. The town was made in the middle of the desert and was made from what appeared to be “40000 people from the old town and brought to Amarna where they [built] the 1.5 square mile city” (Heather Pringle, 2014) but to Barry Kemp an Egyptologist from

Also discussed, his use of scarab propaganda, used as newspapers to his people telling of his accomplishments and never of conflict. After Amenhotep III’s death, his son Akhenaten became king. As the new king, he moved an entire city from Thebes to Amarna to push his monotheistic religion of the sun god. The unique artwork created by Akhenaten’s rule

power, the first years of his reign were probably controlled by an elder known as Ay, who bore the title of Vizier.As the populace was forced to honor Aten, the religious conversion threw the society into chaos. The capital was changed from Thebes to Amarna, and Akhenaten put all of his efforts into the religious transition,

from Egypt.1 Akhenaten felt that Aten required a location free from traditional cults and decided to build a city in his honor. The site was chosen in the desert surrounded on three side by cliffs and on the west the Nile. The site chosen is was el-Amarna. In the cliffs of the boundaries is sculpted the inscriptions in which Akhenaten justifies his reasons for a new city.

festival seemingly acted as the christening of a new age, and most Egyptologists recognize a connection to the “theocracy of Aten.” When Akhenaten made his move to Thebes and celebrated the Sed, he broke with the identity of Egypt itself and began the Amarna Period, a radical departure from nearly 1,500 years of recorded Egyptian

religion. Even though this happened, Akhenaten is still important in history because he change Egypt from polytheistic to monotheistic, built seven structures at Karnack including the temple “Rud-menu” and Gempaaten, and made a new capital called Amarna and it was based off the sun. He was born in 1380 B.C. and in Egypt. He lived in a land that everyone was worshipping the god Amun. Amun was the most worshipped god in this time period He was said to be deformed and had Marfan’s syndrome there

There are many impacts made by the pharaoh Akhenaten, born Amenhotep. Akhenaten was crowned in Thebes, and ruled for 17 years from about 1370 B.C.E- 1358 B.C.E. During his rule, Akhenaten established the sun god Aten. Akhenaten believed Aten was the most supreme god, and in his thirteenth year of being pharaoh, he declared Aten to be the only god of all Egypt. Akhenaten changed his name from Amenhotep, to Akhenaten, meaning “Living spirt of Aten.” Soon after Akhenaten ordered the eradication of

With all the difference in opinion me and my dad share when it comes to our beliefs, one thing he said to me have never left me. I remember when I was sixteen years old me and my dad had a discussion on the idea of race and how it affect the lives of minorities in this country and around the world. I am sure this is a conversation most black parents have with their children I least once a day in one form or another. But during our discussion he told me that I was going to have a hard time in life

(a religion with many gods) to monotheistic (a religion with only one god). “The Amarna period, roughly 1353-1336 BCE” brought up a new period of art that was completely different to the previous inscriptions. (something inscribed on a book or monument) Another historical event associated with Akhenaten was the making of Akhetaten city. Akhenaten made this city the capitol of Egypt. The name was later changed to Amarna city. This city was abandoned straight after his death. Akhenaten created this city

Egyptian gods to worship Aton with the sun disk. Akhenaton declared Aton to be “the universal god.” [Gardner, 75] He angered the priests, empties the temples, and moved the capital down the Nile River from Thebes to Akhetaton which is present day Amarna. In many art from the eighteenth dynasty Nefertiti was shown with her husband Akhenaton; where she is made equal to Akhenaton and sometimes wearing pharaonic headgear. Nefertiti was an influential women. Thutmose’s Nefertiti is wearing her blue crown

Kevin Chen Professor Kidrick ARTH 304 October 30, 2015 Ancient Egypt was a time when gods of many kinds graced its people and blessed with many kinds of pharaohs, kings and rulers who brought about many profound changes to its art, architecture, religion, and society. Some rulers created monuments that lasted for centuries, some built statues of themselves to immortalize their existence, and some completely overturned the norm for Egyptian art. The one who brought about these different changes

Akhenaten was a devoted man that put all of his faith in the god Aten, who was the god of the sun disk. The pharaoh was originally known as Amenhotep the fourth but changed his name to Akhenaten, which meant “He who serves Aten.” Akhenaten was a strong believer in his god that having another gods name in his name was unacceptable to him. After the pharaoh fully devoted himself to his god, he tried to bring other people in worshipping Aten by developing a temple at Thebes. Although, people’s faith

drastically different, they have some similarities upon further inspection. Menkaure and His Wife is thought to be from the Old Kingdom time period, which was from 2686-2181 BCE. On the other hand, Akhenaten is from the New Kingdom, specifically the Amarna time period, which happened between 1391-1353. Both of the statues were found in Egypt and they have a great many similarities considering they were created many years apart. Both of the statues depict Egyptian kings, or Pharaohs. Both pieces are

. First I will contrast Egyptian culture with Mesopotamian culture. I will briefly explain how and why they are different and also in what ways they are similar to their writing system and religion (Matthew, Noble & Platt, 2014). The two societies were profoundly established in their religions which incorporated an exhibit of gods and goddesses. In Egypt, there were incomparable divine beings, for example, the sun god Ra, Amon, and Osiris with every male god having a female goddess companion. The

between the Aten and humans, but he also damaged the economy of Egypt as there was not as much money coming in to support the building projects of the pharaoh. Building projects such as moving the capital city from Thebes to the new city in modern-day Amarna, then called Akhetaten, was an enormous shift that would’ve drained the economy. The city was dedicated to the worship of the sun disc, Aten and was the area that the royal family stayed. This move would’ve been met with upheaval and protest due to