The Great Hymn to the Aten is the longest of a number of hymn-poems written to the sun-disk deity Aten. Composed in the middle of the 14th century BC...

Inscriptions, such as the "Great Hymn to the Aten", found in temples and tombs during Akhenaten's reign showcase the Aten as the creator, giver of life,...

in hands) appear to represent the unseen spirit of Aten. Aten was addressed by Akhenaten in prayers, such as the Great Hymn to the Aten: "O sole God beside...

Shu, god of the sky and manifestation of the sunlight. Akhenaten's Atenist beliefs are best distilled in the Great Hymn to the Aten. The hymn was discovered...

being displaced by worship of Aten during the reign of Akhenaten. Although she remained a distinct deity as late as the Ptolemaic Kingdom (323–30 BC)...

hands) appear to represent the unseen spirit of Aten. Aten was addressed by Akhenaten in prayers, such as the Great Hymn to the Aten. The details of Atenist...

The Great Temple of the Aten (or the pr-Jtn, House of the Aten) was a temple located in the city of el-Amarna (ancient Akhetaten), Egypt. It served as...

was said to lie just below the horizon line, trying to devour Ra as Ra traveled through the underworld. Aten Aten was the focus of Atenism, the religious...

claims of the existence of a universal deity date to the Late Bronze Age, with Akhenaten's Great Hymn to the Aten from the 14th century BCE. In the Iron-Age...

their souls. In The Great Second Hymn to Khnum, the hymn depicts Khnum-Ra sailing across the sky to establish pillars with goddesses in the south, north...