King Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti praying to the sun-god Aten who provided his rays to the king and the queen. The sun rays end up with hands holding the key of life offering it to the royal family.  Akhenaten and Nefertiti changed Egypt's official religion to devotion to Aten, angering many powerful priests of the traditional multi-god religion. The sun-disk, during the Amarna period usually depicted with sun rays ending in hands that offer the sign of life (ankh) to the king and his f
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