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King Akhenaton (left) with his wife, Queen Nefertiti, and three of their daughters under the rays …
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In ancient Egyptian religion, a sun god, depicted as the solar disk emitting rays terminating in human hands. The pharaoh Akhenaton (r. 1353–36 BC) declared Aton to be the only god, and in opposition to the Amon-Re priesthood of Thebes, built the city of Akhetaton as the center for Aton's worship, but Aton's religion is poorly understood. After Akhenaton's death, the old religion was restored.

Aten [′รค‚ten]
(astronomy)
The first asteroid found to have a period less than that of the earth, 346.93 days, with an orbital eccentricity of 0.19.
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