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Akhenaten and the Religion of Light

June 8th, 2011 | Author: admin

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“The Aten was actually not the sun disk, but rather the light that is in the sun and which, radiating from it, calls the world to life and keeps it alive.” (page 54)

There have been so many scholars that have said “Aten is the sun” worshipped by Akhnaten’s people, as if we worship the sun itself!

The quote is from the book Akhenaten and the Religion of Light by Eric Hornung.

Posted in Atenism | Tags: 1550s BC, Akhenaten, Akhnaten, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian religion, Aten, Atenism, Egypt, Egyptology, Moses, Religion and Spirituality, Tutankhamun

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