Head of Akhenaten in the Blue Crown, Sign Traces Behind Neck, ca. 1353–1336

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Head of Akhenaten in the Blue Crown, Sign Traces Behind Neck, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 , From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92, Indurated limestone, H. 22 x W. x D. 20 cm, At some point after the end of the Amarna period, statues from the sanctuary of the Great Aten Temple at Amarna were demolished and their fragments left in the area of the sanctuary or in a dump outside the south temenos wall originally used for expendable material that had been used in the cult

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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