Aten (afterlife)

Aten was an aspect of the Egyptian afterlife reserved for those who followed Akhenaten's monotheistic worship of the Aten. It took the form of the ancient Egyptian city of –the one-time capital of Egypt during Akhenaten's reign–in its prime and was dominated by a representation of the sun disk, Aten.
==History==
Around 34 BCE, the Mentor of the Hidden Ones in Egypt, Bayek of Siwa, seemingly travelled to Aten in order to combat the disembodied spirit of Akhenaten, which had been returned to the world of the living thanks to the Curse of the Pharaohs that was plaguing the city of Thebes.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs
==Locations==
;Military locations
*Royal Barracks
*Royal Palace
*Tomb of the Warrior
*Wharf of the Aten
;Myths of the Pharaohs Stelae
*Bridge of Supplicants
*East Gate
*Guardians of the Aten
*West Gate
;Treasure locations
*Chambers of Reflection
*Forbidden Ruins
*Great Temple of the Aten
*House of the Warriors
*King's House
*Shrine of Akhenaten
*Vault of the Aten
==Behind the scenes==
Aten is based on complete with the Great Temple of the Aten in the middle. It follows the specific with smaller temples and sanctuaries and altars open to the sun.
The wall paintings reused throughout the Aten are based on the Amarna style, and in game are fictionalized combination of few particular pieces. Nefertiti's head and arm from a particular sunk relief from the facade of a shrine combined with her body from a relief in Neues Museum, Berlin. There is also another remix of that body with an unknown female head. They are accompanied by a depiction of the royal children apparently based on this piece.
==Trivia==
*An architectural model of Amarna, the city upon which Aten is based, can be seen within the tomb of Nefertiti's royal architect, Thutmose, near Set-Ma'at.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs
==References==
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Category:Egyptian afterlife