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Amarna Period (Religion Revolution Period) (ca.1365 B.C)
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Amarna Period (Religion Revolution Period) (ca.1365 B.C)
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Cairo Egyptian Museum
Ancient Egypt

Nouvel Empire (approx. from 1570 to 1085 B.C.)
XVIIIème dynastie (approx. from 1550 to 1320 B.C.)

Relationship with : Néferkhéperou Rê ( Akhénaton - Aménophis IV)
Aton ( Aton)
Néfertiti ( Néfertiti)
Mekataten
Ankhesenpaton
Meketaton
Area related : Amarna

King Akhenaton of the Eighteenth Dynasty led a religion revolution, close to monotheism. He said: there was only one major god, represented by the sun disk 'Aten', and shut down many of the temples dedicated to the state god, Amun.

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He established a new capital at Tell el-Amarna, where he could worship his god. The most famous displayed objects are the colossal statues of king Akhenaton from Karnak, an unfinished head of the beautiful queen Nefertiti, fragments of paving from Tell al-Amarna, different statues of Akhenaton and his family, and the Amarna Letters.
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Hors Vitrine
Funerary object - Cercueil
Funerary object - Vase canope (3)
Object of worship - Autel
Sculpture - Buste
Sculpture - Groupe
Sculpture - Statue (2)
Sculpture - Statuette (3)
Sculpture - Stèle (4)
Sculpture - Tête (4)
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Place(s) related   
Le Nouvel Empire : au temps d'Akhénaton et de Néfertiti (Louvre Museum)
Eighteen Dynasty - Amarna period (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Item(s) related   
Louvre Museum :
Le Nouvel Empire : au temps d'Akhénaton et de Néfertiti
Cairo Egyptian Museum
Amarna Period (Religion Revolution Period) (ca.1365 B.C) (20)