. Kings and gods of Egypt . II. Painted Pavement from the Palace of El-Amarna. (Petrie, Tell el-Amarna). Plate VII. Revolution of Amenophis IV 51 Where the text says gods, we must understandthe god Amon. The persecution of a single godand of a single form of worship did not imply theruin of other divinities and other was against the overwhelming omnipotence ofAmon of Thebes that the King had rebelled, tryingto supersede him by an older divinity, who hadbeen kept in the background by the dominatingTheban god, one, who was less local, but perhapsmore familiar and congenial to all
. Kings and gods of Egypt . II. Painted Pavement from the Palace of El-Amarna. (Petrie, Tell el-Amarna). Plate VII. Revolution of Amenophis IV 51 Where the text says gods, we must understandthe god Amon. The persecution of a single godand of a single form of worship did not imply theruin of other divinities and other was against the overwhelming omnipotence ofAmon of Thebes that the King had rebelled, tryingto supersede him by an older divinity, who hadbeen kept in the background by the dominatingTheban god, one, who was less local, but perhapsmore familiar and congenial to all, the god A ton,whose name now serves to designate the king andthe capital of Egypt. Aton l*~- is the solar disc; he is the tangibleand visible form of Ra the Sun, the oldest perhaps,and the most popular of Egyptian gods. He isrepresented under the form of a disc, the centreof which is decorated by a raised uraeus; the raysof the disc stretch to the earth like arms, terminat-ing in hands; these hands take the offerings from
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