(September 9, 2010 at 1:33 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:The Aten revolution was brief but it seems to have been popular,
I don't see that at all. As soon as Akenaten was out of power the state reverted to the old gods. There has been some suggestion that the richness of Tutankamun's burial (even though he was an insignificant king) had to do with the fact that the old gods were restored under his reign and people were grateful.
That might be true, i'm not saying that the Aten revolution was for better or for worse -it is largely insignificant-, but Ahkenaten- widely portraying himself as a family man instead of a traditional iscolated god pharaoh which is what egypt had always expected of its pharoahs, had managed to gain the support of the army to go against the priests. That itself is monumental in the timeline of egyptian history.
Along with this story, Nefertiti is said to have taken the throne for the next two years until she disappeared, probably murdered, and the boy king Tutankhamun installed as pharoah. Maybe the army abandoned the Aten idea because they did'nt want to follow a woman? It's not important really but, like I said with the origin of the prayer word Amen coming most likely from Amun, it would show another link between the relgion of egypt and that of Moses'.