This scene was uncovered on a floor in the palace at Amarna by English archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie. Known today as Amarna, the site was lAkhetaten, founded by Akhenaten. Akhenaten was an 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom) Egyptian pharaoh, who introduced the sole worship of the Aten (symbolized by the sun disk at top, extending its rays and blessings on the royal family - with a hand at the bottom of each ray). Akhenaten ruled from c. 1356 to c. 1338 B.C.
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This scene was uncovered on a floor in the palace at Amarna by English archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie. Known today as Amarna, the site was lAkhetaten, founded by Akhenaten. Akhenaten was an 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom) Egyptian pharaoh, who introduced the sole worship of the Aten (symbolized by the sun disk at top, extending its rays and blessings on the royal family - with a hand at the bottom of each ray). Akhenaten ruled from c. 1356 to c. 1338 B.C.

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14th century B C painting at Amarna floor painting Amarna birds at Amarna cow at Amarna fowl at Amarna Amarna Akhetaten el Amarna Akhenaten Nefertiti Aten Egyptian art ancient Egypt art 18th Dynasty ancient Egypt palace 1300s B C 14th century B C

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