
The Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the later half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen was shifted to Akhetaten ('Horizon of the Aten') in what is now Amarna.Īmun (also Amon, Ammon, Amen Greek Ἄμμων Ámmōn, Ἅμμων Hámmōn) was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan ogdoad.Īmunet (also spelled Amonet or Amaunet Greek Αμαυνι) is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.Īncient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society.Īpep (or also spelled Apepi or Aapep) or Apophis (Ἄποφις) was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos (ı͗zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and Ma'at (order/truth).Īten (also Aton, Egyptian jtn) is the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of the god Ra. Expand index (32 more) » « Shrink index Ain ShamsĪin, Ayn, or Ein Shams (عين شمس, ⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲫⲣⲏ) is a suburb of Cairo, Egypt.Īkhenaten (also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, Ikhnaton, and Khuenaten meaning "Effective for Aten"), known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV (sometimes given its Greek form, Amenophis IV, and meaning "Amun Is Satisfied"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC.Īkhet (Ꜣḫt Gardiner:N27) is an Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the place where the sun rises or sets. , Nu (mythology), Nut (goddess), Obelisk, Ocean, Osiris, Polis, Pschent, Ptah, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Pyramid, Pyramid Texts, Raet-Tawy, Sacred bull, Satis (goddess), Second Dynasty of Egypt, Sekhmet, Serket, Serpent (symbolism), Set (deity), Sheep, Shu (Egyptian god), Sia (god), Sky, Sobek, Solar deity, Sunset, Tefnut, Thebes, Egypt, Tomb, Umbilical cord, Underworld, Written language. Ĩ2 relations: Ain Shams, Akhenaten, Akhet (hieroglyph), Amarna Period, Amun, Amunet, Ancient Egyptian religion, Apep, Aten, Atet, Atum, Bastet, Book of the Heavenly Cow, Cairo, Cemetery, Cult, Earth, Egyptian sun temple, Ennead, Evil, Eye of Ra, Falcon, Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Geb, Gregorian calendar, Hathor, Heka (god), Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Helios, Horus, Hu (mythology), Hymn, Incantation, Isfet (Egyptian mythology), Isis, Khepri, Khnum, Lapis lazuli, Lower Egypt, Maat, Mehen, Mesori, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Mnevis, Monster, Neith, Nephthys, New Kingdom of Egypt, Noon. Ra (rꜥ or rˤ also transliterated rˤw cuneiform: ri-a or ri-ia) or Re (ⲣⲏ, Rē) is the ancient Egyptian sun god.
