The God Aton

• 16 / 5 / 2023

 Aton is the God proclaimed by King Akhenaten and considered the sun god the unifying God who has no partner the light of Aten benefits all races, representing Aten in the form of the disk of the sun, with its rays ending in human hands, giving life and prosperity to the royal family, and after the death of Akhenaten, Amun returned again, to his first place, as one of the Egyptian Lords.

Monotheism among the ancient Egyptians

The ancient Egyptians knew monotheism before the call of monotheism adopted by King Akhenaten, but there was always a God controlling the rest of the Gods, The Call for monotheism existed since the era of Thutmose IV and Akhenaten did it. The ancient Egyptians believed in several other gods besides the main ones.

The main Gods are:

An atom in the eye of the Sun (Heliopolis)
Ptah in Memphis
Thoth in the ashmunites
Amon is in Thebes
Horus in Luxor
Khnum in Aswan
I come to Amarna Hill
These were the names of the Great God, the creator of the universe and life. The ancient Egyptians viewed him as one eternal God who had nothing before him and the creator of the gods and everything and the systems of the world, but the ancient Egyptians shared with him and shared with other gods, but the god Aten remained by his ancient names The Elder God of these gods.

Anthems of the Aten

Akhenaten came up with a new idea-hymns to the idol instead of prayers to him, and this is one of his hymns:

Anthem of the Orient

O one who shines the bright with his light
Fill the earth with your beauty
O beautiful, wonderful powers above the Earth
Come, extend your light on the Earth
You are the subterranean apparition
Oh who if you settle in the west of the universe
The world is in a darkness that resembles death
So people are in bed
And if their heads are in a hood
If the morning twilight turns red
The sun has risen in the universe
When the world has become a day
And if the Earth is shaking: and if people wake up
Oh, the one Sunday that there is no other God
I created the Earth at your whim, Sunday one
You have the creation of people, animals, and a bear.

Temples of ATON

The temple of Aten in Tel Amarna, the capital of Akhenaten, and his temple in Karnak, were without a roof, to allow the sun's rays to penetrate inside.