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Amarna-Temple<\/a> of Akhenaton<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Great Temple of the Aten<\/strong> was a temple located in the city of el-Amarna (ancient Akhetaten), Egypt. It served as the main place of worship of the deity Aten during the reign of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten (c. 1353\u20131336 BCE). Akhenaten ushered in a unique period of ancient Egyptian history by establishing the new religious cult dedicated to the sun-disk Aten, originally an aspect of Ra, the sun god in traditional ancient Egyptian religion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted for abandoning traditional\u00a0ancient Egyptian religion\u00a0of\u00a0polytheism\u00a0and introducing\u00a0Atenism, or worship centered around\u00a0Aten. The views of\u00a0Egyptologists\u00a0differ as to whether the religious policy was absolutely\u00a0monotheistic, or whether it was\u00a0monolatristic,\u00a0syncretistic, or\u00a0henotheistic.\u00a0This culture shift away from traditional religion was reversed after his death. Akhenaten’s monefore the larger Great Temple. Its only contemporary depiction is found in the tomb of Tutu (Amarna Tomb 8).\u00a0Like the other structures in the city, it was constructed quickly, and hence was easy to dismantle and reuse the material for later construction.<\/p>\n\n\n