The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04
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DAUGHTER
OF HERETO
Opposition of People
to Worship of Atom
Led Tut to Restore
Worship, of ANON.
May Have Reigned
Only Six Years.

Only Six Years.
BY Prof. PERCY e. NEW
BERRY,
Noted Archaeologist and Egyp-
tian Explorer.
NTIL the funeral outfit of
Tut-Ankh-Amen and the in
5 ~ scriptiens and documents
found by Lord Carnarvon and Mr..
Howard Carter have been ex-
haustively studied 1t is impossible
to say what biographical mate
rial regarding this Pharaoh OF
the Eighteenth Dynasty may not
exist. But meanwhile it Is in
teresting to put together the In
formation which has already been
collected and to get some idea Of
the place OF the king who re-
stored the worship OF Anon in
the history Of his country.
His predecessor. Akhenaton.
'.the Spirit OF Atom" the famous
hereto king Of Egypt who over
threw the old worship Of Anon
and set up in Its place the cult
Of the Atom, or Suns Disk, aban-
doned the capital Of his fathers.
Thebes, and founded a new city
at Ell Amarna in Middle Egypt.
He reigned altogether about sew
enteen years, the last eleven OF
which he lived at his new capt.
tai. which he called Akhetaton.
s.the Horizon of Atom"
He had married early in life a
beautiful princess named Metre
It'll. and by her had five daugh-
tiers. but no son. The oldest
daughter. Meritaton. beloved
oe the Atom" was given in mar
rage to o court favorite, Semen
kmkare. who. on the death of
Akhenaton. assumed the throne
OF Egypt. carried on the gov
eminent at Ell Amarna for few
weeks or months, and then died.
The second daughter of the
hereto king, Kaktaton by name,
predeceased her father and was
buried in tomb far back in a
lonely valley to the east Of FL
Annarna.
ANON WORSHRED.
The third daughter, Ankhnes-
patton. "she lives by the Atom"
mawried another court favorite.
Tut-Ankh-Aton. .'the living image
OF Atom, who now became,
through his marriage to the he
reditary princess, the lawful heir
90 the kingdom.
Nothing Is known about his
parentage or early life. but 1t IL
probable that he remained at Ell
Amarna a few months after his
accession. for many monuments
bearing his name have been found
among the ruins there.
During the seventeen years Of
Akhenaton's reign the prosecutor
had never been able to suppress
entirely the old worship Of the
god Anon. The priesthood Of this
diety. 1t IL true. were dispos-
seized, az also were the priest
hoods Of other local gods through.
out Egypt. In Akhenaton's
hatred toward the eThe'e" 4.
he ordered that the name Anon
should be obiiterated on all moru-
nents, and this command was
actually carried out by the kings
adherents.
There can be no doubt that
this remcGseless persecution had
the effect in the long run Of es-
tranging all sympathy with the
hereto monarch, and the fol-
lowers Of Anon little by little
regained their political influence.
BY the time Tut,Ankh-Aton came
to the throne their power had
become 70 great that the new
monarch resolved to revert to the
old religion and. transfer his court
to Thebes.
It was then that he changed
his name to Tut-Ankh-Amen, 1.-THE
living image Of Amon." and his
consort her name to Ankh-Mes-
Anon, "she lives by Anon"
KINGS ACCESSION.
Many monuments inscribed with
the name of this Pharaoh are
known; the greater number have
been found at Thebes and Il
Amarna, but some have come from
near the Fahurn, in Middle Egypt
and others from al far south al
Gebel Barlkal. in the Soudan. The
most important inscription thai
has yet been brought to light Is &
large stella that was discovered BY
Monsieur Legrain on June %
1906.
On this monument the name o
King Horemheb has been engravec
over the cartouche OF Tut-Ankh
Amen, but the rest of the protoco
has been left untouched.
The historical part gives a recor
OF the state Of Egypt during tn
years which preceded the king