Tutankhamun's proclamation (Cairo CG 34183), erected at Karnak though apparently issued from Memphis, from the palace of Aakheperkare. It describes the temples from Elephantine to the northern marshes fallen into ruin and overgrown, and the gods turned away from Egypt, and records how they were restored: priesthoods re-endowed, the gods' images remade in precious metal. Horemheb later usurped it. In the series it is the Memphis Decree.
Why Akhetaten and Memphis?
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