Amarna Period

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• relationship Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition — occurred at or involved — Akhetaten / Tell el-Amarna
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Tutankhamun — involved or associated with — Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Seti I — involved or associated with — Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Horemheb — involved or associated with — Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition — occurred at or involved — Thebes
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition — occurred at or involved — Karnak
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• date assertion Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition — date assertion
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• event Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Research record — associated with
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Research record — associated with
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Research record — associated with
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes Amarna aftermath · Succession and aftermath

  Supports unresolved elements.

• relationship Research record — associated with
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• relationship Research record — associated with
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• event Aten-focused royal religious and political change
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• date assertion Aten-focused royal religious and political change — date assertion
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• relationship Aten-focused royal religious and political change — occurred at or involved — Akhetaten / Tell el-Amarna
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• relationship Aten-focused royal religious and political change — occurred at or involved — Karnak
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• relationship Akhenaten — involved or associated with — Aten-focused royal religious and political change
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · provides period synthesis · Religious and political changes of the Amarna Period

  Supports the scope and cautions.

• date assertion Post-Amarna restoration and dynastic transition — date assertion
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  supports · supports chronology model · Amarna succession discussion

  Supports the model and its uncertainty.

• claim Egyptian religion changed through cult centres, syncretisms, royal theology, funerary texts, temple institutions and domestic practice rather than remaining a static list of gods.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ near certain
  supports · supports claim · Amarna religious change

  Supports the claim and its qualifications.

• claim Akhenaten's Aten-focused programme should not be presented as an instantaneous, universally adopted modern-style monotheism.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports claim · Religious change and reach

  Supports the claim and its qualifications.

• claim The sequence and possible overlap of Smenkhkare, Neferneferuaten and the early post-Amarna rulers remain disputed.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports claim · Amarna succession

  Supports the claim and its qualifications.

• entity Akhenaten
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports ruler and reign context · Ruler/period discussion

  Supports inclusion, approximate reign and historical significance.

• date assertion Akhenaten — date assertion
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports ruler and reign context · Ruler/period discussion

  Supports inclusion, approximate reign and historical significance.

• relationship Akhenaten — ruled or claimed kingship in — New Kingdom Egypt
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · supports ruler relationship · Ruler and period discussion

  Supports kingship assignment and chronology.