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Sometime in Ramesses II's reign, royal artisans dismantled the city of Akhet-Aten (Amarna). Carefully, methodically, they removed the talatat blocks and carted them away to the nearby town Hemenu (Hermopolis) for reuse in a temple. This demolition of the Horizon of Aten remains a matter of debate among scholars: why now, and what motivated it? Meanwhile, Ramesses II has a problem. His sons keep dying. Between regnal years 25--55, at least twelve princes "passed to the west." We meet the designated heirs (and the spares), and see who finally got the top job... The funerary...
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Comerzbank. The bank on your side. History of Egypt podcast, episode 234, Destroying Amanah and Splitting Heirs. One day, during the reign of Remesies II, a team of royal workers came to the city of Arket Aten. The horizon of the sun-disk constructed for the ruler Arkan Aten and his
Queen Nefertiti. The town was a sprawling mass of temples, palaces, suburbs and tombs. At least it had been, for a brief period around 1350 BCE. Now several decades later, Archerd Arten languished in obscurity. A small population, perhaps, made their homes on the flood plain. The temples to Arten though, no longer operated.
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