Great Aten Temple at Amarna

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Aten temple ancient Egyptian temple archaeological site

The Great Aten Temple at Amarna was the principal open-air sanctuary dedicated to the sun disk Aten, serving as the religious heart of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s short-lived monotheistic cult in his new capital city.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Akhenaten temple ruins	1
Great Temple of the Aten	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aten temple ⓘ ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedAfter	death of Akhenaten ⓘ
abandonedIn	late 18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
architecturalFeature	altars exposed to sunlight ⓘ enclosure walls ⓘ large open courts ⓘ multiple offering tables ⓘ pylons ⓘ
architecturalType	open-air temple ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Atenism NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtUnderReignOf	Akhenaten NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStarted	14th century BCE ⓘ
constructionStartedDuring	18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
cultCenterOf	Aten NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Aten NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	worship in direct sunlight ⓘ
excavatedBy	Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ German Archaeological Institute teams NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationCentury	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
foundedBy	Akhenaten NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Great Temple of the Aten NERFINISHED ⓘ Per-Aten NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubstructure	Sanctuary of the Great Aten Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Akhetaten NERFINISHED ⓘ Amarna NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnBankOf	east bank of the Nile ⓘ
materialUsed	mudbrick ⓘ stone ⓘ
notableFor	central role in early monotheistic experiment in Egypt ⓘ scale of open-air offering courts ⓘ
partOf	city of Akhetaten NERFINISHED ⓘ royal city of Amarna ⓘ
politicalRole	center of royal-sponsored Aten worship ⓘ symbol of Akhenaten’s religious reforms ⓘ
primaryDeityType	solar deity ⓘ
religiousFunction	principal sanctuary of Aten ⓘ religious heart of Akhenaten’s Aten cult ⓘ
status	ruined ⓘ
successorReligionAtSite	restored Amun cult elsewhere in Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod	Amarna Period NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	priesthood of Aten ⓘ royal family of Akhenaten ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akhenaten → associatedTemple → Great Aten Temple at Amarna ⓘ

Amarna → hasPart → Great Aten Temple at Amarna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Temple of the Aten

Ipet-isut → hasNotableStructure → Great Aten Temple at Amarna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akhenaten temple ruins