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tnrees · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: Is there an evidence?

of what would have happened if an ordinary citizen of Amarna was caught worshiping the old gods?

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maatkara · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:21 am Post subject:

he might have been punished, of course...

Sotepenre · Servant Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 17 Location: Akhetaten

good question... idk. Maybe there are records in amarna's sands of what happened.

tutankhamun · Servant Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 28 Location: England

Probably would of been punished, maybe by Akhenaten, he invented the Aten. No other gods Shocked

Kharis · Tomb Robber Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 4

Well, strictly speaking, he did not "invent" The Aten who was a minor manifestation of the sun god. He simply made him the sole god of Egypt.

judd tut · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Is there an evidence?

maatkara · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:56 am Post subject:

we are aware of our speculation Judd...it's just a discussion we were having, none is stating anything definetely...

judd tut · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:17 pm Post subject: egypt

tnrees · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:11 pm Post subject:

1) Sorry I missed the y from any
2) I wonder if it was just if you did not worship the Aten you did not get a senior government job.

maatkara · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:59 am Post subject:

...tnress? Shocked

maatkara · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:13 am Post subject:

ok, Tnress, I got it now! Very Happy

is there ANY evidence...yes, there is, indeed the cult of the other gods was not erased. The aim was to give complete power back to the king himself. What Akhenton did was to establish that Amon was not anymore important as he was until that moment, declaring that the most important god was Aton and that the king was the sole able and authorised to speak and to interprete the will of the main god. The result was that the great power of the priets of the god Amon passed immediately to the hands of Akhenaton. He and his family were then venerated as gods themselves, but there are no proves that the other cults were erased in anyway, not even that of Amon.

Shepeskaf the Cool · Scribe Joined: 19 Aug 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Hastings UK

i have wondered if after akhenaton there were people who blamed a certain group for all the "evils" of the Armana period
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