The sun is a very powerful object as it not only provides light to the world but it is also a mean of survival. It appears odd that ruler Amenhotep would pronounce Aten, the god of the sun disk as the supposed supreme god and not Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun. Amenhotep’s bold, somewhat unorthodox way of ruling validates this. Amenhotep wished to denounce other priests worship of gods, and instead
The sun is a very powerful object as it not only provides light to the world but it is also a mean of survival. It appears odd that ruler Amenhotep would pronounce Aten, the god of the sun disk as the supposed supreme god and not Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun. Amenhotep’s bold, somewhat unorthodox way of ruling validates this. Amenhotep wished to denounce other priests worship of gods, and instead