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Bookmark or Share- Aten, Sun God | Mythology & Religion | Study.comUpdated: 04/02/2024. Aten: The Sun God. Who is the sun god? Aten, also spelled Aton, is the ancient Egyptian deity associated with the sun and the sun's disk. The word 'Aten' means 'sun disk'...
- Akhenaten | Biography, Mummy, Accomplishments, Religion, Statue ...Akhenaten, was a king (c. 1353–36 bce) of ancient Egypt of the 18th dynasty, who established a new cult dedicated to the Aton, the sun’s disk (hence his assumed name, Akhenaten, meaning “beneficial to Aton”).
- Aton | Sun God, Creator Deity, Solar Disc | BritannicaAton, in ancient Egyptian religion, a sun god, depicted as the solar disk emitting rays terminating in human hands, whose worship briefly was the state religion. The pharaoh Akhenaton (reigned 1353–36 bce) returned to supremacy of the sun god, with the startling innovation that the Aton was to be.
- Aten - Disk of the Sun in Egyptian Mythology | Mythology.netIn ancient Egyptian mythology, Aten, also spelled Aton, is the sun-disk and worshipped from as early as the 3rd dynasty as an aspect of Ra. The worship of a deified form of Aten became a state religion during the rule of Amenhotep IV, who later changed his name to Akhenaten.
- Aten - WikipediaAten also Aton, Atonu, or Itn ( Ancient Egyptian: jtn, reconstructed [ˈjaːtin]) was the focus of Atenism, the religious system formally established in ancient Egypt by the late Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten.
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