This illustration dating to the early 1900s reconstructs a free-standing mortuary temple at Amarna, the city of Akhenaten.

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This illustration dating to the early 1900s reconstructs a free-standing mortuary temple at Amarna. Akhenaten was an 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom) Egyptian pharaoh, who introduced the sole worship of the Aten (symbolized by the sun disk at top, extending its rays and blessings on the royal family - with a hand at the bottom of each ray) . He and his wife Nefertiti had three daughters. He ruled in the 1300s Akhenaten built Akhetaten (better known today as el-Amarna), as his capital city.

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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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