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Aton

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Aton

 or Aten

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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.

Aton (Aten)
solar deity worshiped as the one god by Amenophis IV. [Egypt. Myth.: Parrinder, 33]
See : Sun


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