The New Kingdom’s Eighteenth Dynasty (1540-1293 B.C.), was an era for expansion of religious reform (Noble et al 28). “It was a time of opportunities and of conflict” (Noble et al 30). The passage “Akhenaton’s Hymn to the Aton,” written in Ancient writing was translated by John L. Foster with permission from the Biblical Society of Literature in 1995 Press. It was an enlightening and free spirited hymn that described the universal power of Aton. …showed first 75 words of 997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 997 total…from your body” (Brophy et al. 65). Finally, this hymn is to gain hopes, strengths, and worship to the sun god, Aton. Akhenton prays Aton for protection of himself, Nefer-Kheper- Re Wa-en-re and his royalty wife, Nefer-neferu-aton Nefertiti, who flourishes for eternity and everlasting (Byophy et al. 65). Unfortunately, after Akhenton’s death in 1336BC, the Aton cult was abolished and the city of Akhenton was abandoned under the ruler Tutankaton, Akhenton’s son-in-law (Noble et al. 30).