The order to deface the carving came from Akhenaten (reign 1353-1336 B.C.), a pharaoh who tried to focus Egyptian religion around the worship of the "Aten," the sun disk.

The order to deface the carving came from Akhenaten (reign 1353-1336 B.C.), a pharaoh who tried to focus Egyptian religion around the worship of the "Aten," the sun disk.

This likeness of the "rebel" pharaoh Akhenaten on the outer wall of the Inner Hall was defaced ... too, the seemingly freshly carved ceiling; in places, it looks as if stone masons might have ...

Mid-way through its construction, Ramose suddenly left Thebes and moved north to Tel el-Amarna, Akhenaten's new capital. ... (west) wall is a crudely carved doorway to a small chamber, ...

Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves (Thames and Hudson, 2001) Women in Ancient Egypt by G Robins (London, 1993) The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by I Shaw (ed) (Oxford, 2000) ...

As trinities were central to worship in ancient Egypt, so are they important to “Pharaohs of the Sun,” the complex and beautiful exhibition that opens Monday at the Art Institute of Chicago ...

A newly discovered Egyptian carving, which dates back more than 3,300 years, bears the scars of a religious revolution that upended the ancient civilization.