I agree that a major theme of Ikhenaton was to attempt to build royal power.
From what I have read, the aten cult was at least partially, the cult of the
deified Amenhotep III who was identified with the Aten. Amenhotep III was
the first King to have himself portrayed as a God. Naturally he could only
be approached through his son the new king.
I wish we knew more about the by-play of this period. Amenhotep III's
father-in-law(Yuya) was a senior general; Ikhenaton's father-in-law(Aye) was
a senior general. The real struggle may have been the Army against the Amun
priesthood.
Mike McCarthy
Dear members, As the first major discussion for Horizon of the Aten since the announcement of the reforms in the Avis-Pirum Network, I thought it would be an...
I agree that a major theme of Ikhenaton was to attempt to build royal power. From what I have read, the aten cult was at least partially, the cult of the ...
I feel, from the research that I have read, and done, that although Amenhotep III kept his own 'personal' god, [one of his palaces found had his own shrine...
... battle weapon. This position was not symbolic, but a working position. This was Yuya's, not Thuya's, position: Thuya was the wife and was a dresser to the...
The point I was making,[although I mixed the two],was that this 'commoner' label was a ridiculous, OLD 'European' misnomer. It is quite clear that they were ...
... Not at all: Amenhotep III's "Boundaries" scarab announcing Tiye's heritage is very clear that she is only the "wife of a victorious king" but that her...
Hello Danny, You've certainly raised an intriguing point there and one which has particularly fascinated me ever since I started looking at the period in...
Hello Tom and welcome back to Jane! I've always known the Amun Priesthood was powerful but I suppose it never registered in my mind as an important factor....
I've posted some urls which might interest you and others concerning the Amun priesthood, deals made, [ah, politics!], etc.... Thanks for the 'welcome back',...
Hi, I am not an Egyptologist at all but a homeschool mom with a deep love of history. One of the things I note about historical changes in general is that they...
The Essenes were far more ancient than xianity. And, although they have been mistakenly described as being a 'monastery cult' living in Qumran, they actually...
Really? I had always understood that the Essenes co existed in Jesus's time and that they might have influenced John the Baptist. And I also thought the...
LOL.. ok. So.. the Amarna regime was in the opinion of most of the people here so far, purely a kingly obsession that he steamrolled his people into accepting...
I don't think it's quite as clear as that; as most members have already stated, Atenism was already in its embryonic form during Amenhotep III's reign....
Not mine.... It was begun by Amenhotep III, at least, if not earlier. The Amun priesthood was wresting more power from the throne than was comfortable to those...
I think it is extremely misleading to say that Ikhenaton "steamrolled" the AE people. The temples of AE are NOT the parallels of modern churchs and Cathedrals....
This would be one of the reasons that I personally do not agree with those who state that Akhenaten was a monotheist..... People, including the king, had many...
The Amarna Regime; More than likely the common farmer or worker went on with his daily activities uncaring of what the far away leadership did to pass their...
Hi Jane and whoever might be interested..my email is sloukanis@.... Allison ... From: Jane Richards To: horizonaten@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July...
Now this is interesting. Not being a professional here I hadn't stopped to consider that the King and the upper class plus their gods would be removed from the...
Isn't it true that religion in Ancient Egypt didn't necessarily entail morality like it does nowadays but that they regarded it more as we do science? Tom...
I have no idea what others' opinions are but IMO and from what I've studied, the AE always practiced a traditional, symbolic, mythic style in their coping with...
... entail morality like it does nowadays but that they regarded it more as we do science? I would think that Egyptian religion, whatever its form, always had ...
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