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    Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaten, underwent a religious transformation early in his reign where he established the sole worship of the Aten sun disk and abandoned the traditional Egyptian pantheon headed by Amun-Ra. This document outlines some of the early construction and changes Amenhotep IV made at Karnak temple in Thebes to establish monuments and dedications to the Aten, including quarrying stone, erecting pillars decorated with scenes of the king making offerings to the Aten, and reusing talatat blocks engraved with images of the Aten in new walls and buildings.

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    Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaten, underwent a religious transformation early in his reign where he established the sole worship of the Aten sun disk and abandoned the traditional Egyptian pantheon headed by Amun-Ra. This document outlines some of the early construction and changes Amenhotep IV made at Karnak temple in Thebes to establish monuments and dedications to the Aten, including quarrying stone, erecting pillars decorated with scenes of the king making offerings to the Aten, and reusing talatat blocks engraved with images of the Aten in new walls and buildings.

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    Amenhotep IV at Thebes: Background and Beginnings

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    Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaten, underwent a religious transformation early in his reign where he established the sole worship of the Aten sun disk and abandoned the traditional Egyptian pantheon headed by Amun-Ra. This document outlines some of the early construction and changes Amenhotep IV made at Karnak temple in Thebes to establish monuments and dedications to the Aten, including quarrying stone, erecting pillars decorated with scenes of the king making offerings to the Aten, and reusing talatat blocks engraved with images of the Aten in new walls and buildings.

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    AmenhotepIV

    atThebes:
    Backgroundand
    Beginnings

    KomelHetan,MortuaryTempleofAmenhotepIII

    Soleb Temple
    DedicatedtocultsofbothAmunRaand
    Nebmaatra,LordofNubia

    LionstatueingranitefromSoleb,reignofAmenhotep III

    Amunhotep IIIasworshipper
    andgodfromSoleb

    TomboftheVizierRamose

    ThenameoftheAten asadatingtool

    CartouchesoftheAten withdj ankhdjet neheh afterwards:givenlifeforeverandever

    GebelelSilsila QuarryInscription

    ThefirstoccasionwhenHisMajestyissuedacommandtopursueall
    work andtothecommandersofthearmytolevyanumerouscorvee for
    quarryingsandstoneinordertomakethegreatben ben ofRaHorakhty in
    hisnamesunlightwhichisinthedisc atKarnak.

    FromtheThebantombof
    Parennefer:
    NowRaknowswhichisthe
    servantwhoisdiligentin
    respectofofferings.Theservant
    whoisnotdiligentconcerning
    theofferingsoftheDiscgives
    himselfoverintoyour(kings)
    power,theimpostsofevery
    othergodaremeasuredby
    smallmeasureswhileforthe
    Disctheyaremeasuredin
    superabundance!

    EarlyAmenhotep IVconstructionatKarnak
    TheearlynameoftheAten:
    TheLivingOne,RaHorakhty,whorejoicesinthehorizoninhisname(i.e.identity)of
    sunlightthatisinthedisc

    Talatat fromthe2nd pylon,earlyreignofAmenhotep IV

    Talatat inthe9th pylonatKarnak

    SecondPylon

    NinthPylon

    ProminentthemeonKarnak talatat:theheb sed

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    a
    r
    l
    y
    H
    e

    AWindowofAppearancesfromtheKarnak talatat

    ThekingandvariouspriestsmakingofferingsintheGempaaten

    KingandpriestsmakingofferingsintheRwdmnw

    Talatat fromaNefertitipillar

    Reconstructionsof
    theNefertitipillars
    recoveredfrom
    the2nd Pylon

    Piersandtalatat wallfrom
    excavationsineastKarnak

    Talatat fromLuxorTempleandenvirons

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