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Northern Palace at Amarna. The royal family lived in apartments to the rear of the palace. The palace had no roof as a gesture of welcome to Aten.

On the left, queen Nefertiti (c. 1370 - c. 1336 BCE) follows her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten(r. 1353-1336 BCE); both are worshipping Aten. Note the typical Amarna style of their depiction; her elongated head and his protuberant...

Relief from a limestone column depicting Queen Nefertiti offering a bouquet to the Aten. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, c. 1330 BCE. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

The enthroned pharaoh has idealized features and wears a striped head-cloth, false beard, and pleated kilt. A bull's tail, symbol of superhuman strength, hangs between the legs. Many Egyptian kings used the title of "bull" or...

On the right, the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV (r. 1353-1336 BCE later known as Akhenaten) raises his right arm and wears the blue crown of Egypt. Beside the right shoulder, his prenomen cartouche of "Neferkheperure"...

This fragment of a relief depicts the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV (r. 1353-1336 BCE later known as Akhenaten) at his Jubilee. He stands below the rays of god Aten and wears the White Crown of Upper Egypt. Painted sandstone...