Development Of The Cult Of Aten Under Amenhetep Iv : p. 75 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULT OF ATEN UNDER AMENHETEP IV. Amenhetep III was succeeded by his son by his beloved wife Ti, who came to the throne under the name of Amenhetep IV. He reigned about seventeen years, and died probably before he was thirty. The accuracy of the latter part of this...
Title Page : TUTANKHAMEN AMENISM, ATENISM AND EGYPTIAN MONOTHEISM WITH HIEROGLYPHIC TEXTS OF HYMNS TO AMEN AND ATEN, TRANSLATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY "SIR ERNEST A. WALLIS BUDGE, LITT. D., D. LITT". KEEPER OF THE EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. [1923] Scanned...
B. Hymn To Aten : p. 122 B.--HYMN TO ATEN 1 BY AI, OVERSEER OF THE HORSE OF AAKHUNATEN. 1. A Hymn of praise of Her-aakhuti, the living one exalted in the Eastern Horizon in his name of Shu who is in the Aten, who liveth for ever and ever, the living and great Aten, he who is in the Set-Festival, the lord...
Tutankhamen And The Cult Of Amen : p. 14 TUTANKHAMEN AND THE CULT OF AMEN. THE early history of the god Amen is somewhat obscure, and his origin is unknown. The name Amen means "hidden (one)," a title which might be applied to many gods. A god [paragraph continues] Amen and his consort Ament or Amenit are mentioned in the Pyramid...
The Reign Of Tutankhamen : p. 1 THE REIGN OF TUTANKHAMEN. ("Living Image of Amen "), King of Egypt, about B.C. 1400. WHEN and where TUTANKHAMEN was born is unknown, and there is some doubt about the identity of his father. From a scarab which was found in the temple of Osiris at Abydos, 1 we learn that his mother was called...
Untitled : This is a collection of essays and translations by E.A.W. Budge about the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, particularly Amenhotep IV, who attempted to impose a monotheistic religion on the Egyptians, and Tutankhamen, who led a counter-reformation. This slim book appears to have been pieced together...
A Hymn To Amen And Aten : p. 46 A HYMN TO AMEN AND ATEN BY HER AND SUTI, OVERSEERS OF WORKS AT THEBES, IN THE REIGN OF AMENHETEP III [British Museum Stele No. 475-9 1] 1. A Hymn of Praise to Amen when he riseth as Horus of the Two Horizons by Suti, the, Overseer of the Works of Amen, [and by] Her (Horus), the Overseer...
Preface : p. xi PREFACE THE announcement made early in December, 1922, of the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in Western Thebes by the late Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter sent a thrill of wonder and expectation through all the civilized peoples on the earth...
A. A Hymn To Aten : p. 116 A.--A HYMN TO ATEN BY THE KING. 1 A HYMN OF PRAISE TO THE LIVING HORUS OF THE TWO HORIZONS, WHO REJOICETH IN THE HORIZON IN HIS NAME OF "SHU, WHO IS IN THE ATEN" ("i.e.", DISK), THE GIVER OF LIFE FOR EVER AND EVER, BY THE KING WHO LIVETH IN TRUTH, THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, NEFER-KHEPERU-R...
Notes : NOTES The kings of the XVIIIth dynasty reigned about 230 years, "i.e.", from about B.C. 1580 to 1350; their names are as follows:-- Aahmes 1580, reigned about 22 years. Amenhetep I, about 1558-7, reigned about 10 years. Thothmes I, about 1546, reigned about 30 years. Thothmes II, about 1500...
Hymns To The Sun God : p. 136 HYMNS TO THE SUN-GOD. [From the Papyrus of Ani, Sheets 18 and 19.] The following Hymns are good, typical examples of the songs of praise and thanksgiving which were addressed to the Sun-god by orthodox Egyptians under the XVIIIth dynasty. A HYMN TO RA WHEN HE RISES ON THE HORIZON AND WHEN...
The Cult Of Aten, The God And Disk : p. 55 THE CULT OF ATEN, THE GOD AND DISK OF THE SUN, ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE. Amongst all the mass of the religious literature of Ancient Egypt, there is no document that may be considered to contain a reasoned and connected account of the ideas and beliefs which the Egyptians...
Egyptian Monotheism : p. 140 EGYPTIAN MONOTHEISM. During the last eighty years the gods of Egypt and the religion of the Ancient Egyptians have been carefully studied by many Egyptologists, but the difficulties which surround these subjects have not yet been cleared away. The responsibility for the existence of these...