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The ancient Egyptian term for the disk of the sun was Aten, which is first evidenced during the Middle Kingdom, though of course solar worship begins much earlier in Egyptian history. It should be noted however that this term initially could be applied to any disk, including even the surface of a mirror or the moon. The term was used in the Coffin Texts to denote the sun disk, but in the 'Story of Sinuhe' dating from the Middle Kingdom, the word is used with the determinative for god (Papyrus Berlin 10499). In that story, Amenemhat I is described as soaring into the sky and uniting with Aten his creator
Prior to Amenhotep IV, the sun disk could be a symbol in which major gods appear and so we find such phrases as "Atum who is in his disk ('aten'). However, from there it is only a small leap for the disk itself to become a god.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
But why? Who or what were they trying to imitate? And why have the same "intentional cranial deformations" been found in Peru? What or who were they trying to imitate? Nefertiti?
Akhenaten's Supposed Deformity or Illness Many scholars have speculated about possible explanations for Akhenaten's physical appearance. Bob Brier, in his book The Murder of Tutankhamen, suggests that Akhenaten's family suffered from Marfan's syndrome, a dominant autosomal mutation of chromosome 15, which is known to cause elongated features, a long thin face, arachnodactyly (spider-like fingers), a sunken chest and an enlarged aorta, with a proneness for heart problems. Conic shaped eyes also gives a distinctive slit eyed appearance, and may be associated with shortsightedness. Brier speculates that this may explain Akhenaten's appearance, and perhaps his fascination with the sun - since Marfan's sufferers often feel cold easily
Recently Ahmed Osman has claimed that Moses and Akhenaten were one and the same person, supporting his belief by interpreting aspects of biblical and Egyptian history. This would mesh with Osman's other claim that Akhenaten's maternal grandfather Yuya was the same person as the Biblical Joseph. Others have identified Akhenaton not with a Pharaoh of close to Moses' times (usually identified as Rameses II) but with the Pharoah who appointed Joseph as his vizier. Mainstream Egyptologists do not take these speculations seriously, pointing out that there are direct connections between early Judaism and other Semitic religious traditions, but no identifiable links to Atenism. It is also known that Yuya's family were part of the regional nobility of Akhmin, in Upper Egypt, which would make it very unlikely that he was an Israelite. In his book Oedipus and Akhnaton (1960), Immanuel Velikovsky argued that Moses was neither Akhenaten nor one of his followers. Instead, Velikovsky identifies Akhenaten as the history behind Oedipus and moved the setting from the Greek Thebes to the Egyptian Thebes.
Immanual Velikovsky proposed that Akhenaten was actually the historical identity of Oedipus in his book Oedipus and Akhenaten. Around the same time, Freud in Moses and Monotheism proposed a meeting between Akhenaten and Moses, who may have been a noble in Akhenaten's court. Others have suggested he met various biblical figures and the mutual influence resulted in the cult of the Aten, or in some of the foundations of Christianity.
Originally posted by greenfox83
. Maybe thats why Akhenaten made his appearance as both man and woman. Because someone who has such defects, it would almost be impossible to impregnant a woman once, but he didn't he did that 6 times....all daughters.
Originally posted by Versa
Originally posted by greenfox83
. Maybe thats why Akhenaten made his appearance as both man and woman. Because someone who has such defects, it would almost be impossible to impregnant a woman once, but he didn't he did that 6 times....all daughters.
Hasn't his mummy been found and its pretty conclusive that he was 'normal'? Also Akhenaten fathered Tutankhamun so he didnt just father girls
Akhenaten foundedit on 6/3/11 by Versa because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by greenfox83
Originally posted by Versa
Originally posted by greenfox83
. Maybe thats why Akhenaten made his appearance as both man and woman. Because someone who has such defects, it would almost be impossible to impregnant a woman once, but he didn't he did that 6 times....all daughters.
Hasn't his mummy been found and its pretty conclusive that he was 'normal'? Also Akhenaten fathered Tutankhamun so he didnt just father girls
Akhenaten foundedit on 6/3/11 by Versa because: (no reason given)
Akhenaten wasn't Tutankahmen's father, he was a step-child. His mother was Kiya. An idea I have is Kiya and Smenkhare are possibly the parents of KIng Tut.
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by coyotepoet
But why? Who or what were they trying to imitate? And why have the same "intentional cranial deformations" been found in Peru? What or who were they trying to imitate? Nefertiti?
Precisely the question...
Indiana Jones crystal Mayan skull