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The History of Egypt Podcast

116: Akhenaten's Great Hymn

65 min • 31 oktober 2019

Akhenaten (Part 7): The Great Hymn to Aten.


In 1356 BCE, Egypt sweltered under the heat of Aten's rays; the god's servant, King Akhenaten, glorified the deity above all. We see this in some remarkable prayers and hymns which survive in the hidden tombs of Akhenaten's city. In these sepulchres, we find glimpses of the King's beliefs and how he expressed them...


Select Bibliography:

  • Aten Hymn Translation: UCL Website
  • Cyril Aldred, Akhenaten King of Egypt, 1988.
  • Jan Assmann, Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom, 1995.
  • Norman de Garis Davies, The Rock Tombs of el-Amarna, Vol. VI: The Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu, and Aye, 1908.
  • Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
  • James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten & The Origins of Monotheism, 2015.
  • Erik Hornung, Akhenaten and the Religion of Light, 1999.
  • Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, vol. 2, 1976.
  • William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, 1995.
  • William J. Murnane and Charles van Siclen III, The Boundary Stelae of Akhenaten, 1993.
  • Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten the Heretic King, 1987
  • Stephen Quirke, The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt, 2001.

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