Great Temple of Aten

Japanese: アテン大神殿 - あてんだいしんでん
Great Temple of Aten

...The collection mainly consists of discoveries from the new capital, Akhetaten (Amarna), but also includes artifacts excavated from Thebes (Karnak and the tomb of Tutankhamun). As typified by the Great Temple of Aten at Amarna, the architecture of these temples is designed to worship the sun itself, with most of the area without a ceiling compared to traditional temples, and to allow sunlight to reach the inner sanctuary. The royal tombs, unlike previous rock-cut tombs, have corridors and burial chambers arranged on a straight axis so that sunlight can symbolically reach the burial chamber.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Temple of the Aten" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…新都アケトアテン(アマルナ)発見のものを中心とし,テーベ(カルナックやツタンカーメン王墓)出土品も含まれる。建築ではアマルナのアテン大神殿に代表されるように,日輪そのものを礼拝の対象とするため,伝統的な神殿に比べて天井のない部分が大部分を占め,奥陣まで太陽の光が差すように設計されている。王墓もそれまでの岩窟墓とちがい,太陽の光が玄室まで象徴的に達するように,通廊,墓室が直線軸上に配置されている。…

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