The sun disc itself, worshipped under Akhenaten as the one god of the royal cult: the visible light that creates and sustains all life, represented as a disc whose rays end in hands. The cult centered on the king as the god's unique interlocutor.
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The sun disc itself, worshipped under Akhenaten as the one god of the royal cult: the visible light that creates and sustains all life, represented as a disc whose rays end in hands. The cult centered on the king as the god's unique interlocutor.
Mystery novels of ancient Egypt, built on the scholarship of the Amarna period. Published by The WordFish Group GmbH, Basel.
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