EditorialAmenhotep IV (Akhenaten,1365-1347 BCE),with double crown. In a temple dedicated to the sun god Aton at Karnak, the pharaoh erected a series of Osiride statues showing himself in a highly realistic style. Sandstone, H: 141 cm Inv. Luxor J 53.
EditorialCylindrical Torah scroll case.Tripoli, Libya,1935. Silversmith: Raphael ?Aton. Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repousse_. Inscribed in Hebrew with biblical citations, the name of the donor, Bercusa, in memory of her husband, Solomon Raccah, and the ye...
Editorial" Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal sacred to the god Aton. Uraeus and double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Bronze, Late period, 6th BCE. Crocodile, sacred to the god Sobek. Serpentine-stone, Late period, 4th BCE.
EditorialThe royal family of Amenophis IV Akhnaton offers a sacrifice to Aton, the sungod. Relief from Amarna, Egypt, 1350 BCE, New Kingdom 105 x 50 cm.
Editorial" Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal sacred to the god Aton. Uraeus and double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Bronze, Late period, 6th BCE. Crocodile, sacred to the god Sobek. Serpentine-stone, Late period, 4th BCE.
EditorialCylindrical Torah scroll case.Tripoli, Libya,1935. Silversmith: Raphael ?Aton. Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repousse_. Inscribed in Hebrew with biblical citations, the name of the donor, Bercusa, in memory of her husband, Solomon Raccah, and the ye...
EditorialAmenhotep IV (Akhenaten,1365-1347 BCE),with double crown. In a temple dedicated to the sun god Aton at Karnak, the pharaoh erected a series of Osiride statues showing himself in a highly realistic style. Sandstone, H: 141 cm Inv. Luxor J 53.
Editorial" Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal sacred to the god Aton. Uraeus and double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Bronze, Late period, 6th BCE. Crocodile, sacred to the god Sobek. Serpentine-stone, Late period, 4th BCE.
EditorialPharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton (1375-1358 BCE). He reformed religion by worshipping one single deity, Aton, the sun, and founded a new capital, Amarna. Under his reign art was renewed. Part of a monumental statue from Karnak, Egypt-Height: 63 cm.