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Temple Architecture of the Amarna Period in Egypt
Petrášová, Elena ; Krejčí, Jaromír (advisor) ; Vachala, Břetislav (referee)
This work deals with the temple architecture in the period of the reign of king Amenhotep IV./Akhenaten in the New Kingdom era, which is also called the Amarna period. In the beginning, this work presents a development of the ancient Egyptian sun cult into the time of the Akhenaten's reign, as it is precisely related to the architectural changes in this period. In following chapters this work describes temples in Karnak, dated to the beginning of Akhenaten's reign and also later religious architecture built in his new capital. Finally, it points to the significance and symbolism of the ancient Egyptian temple architecture and the particularities that distinguished Akhenaten's structures. It also characterizes the changes of the New Kingdom sacral architecture after the end of the Amarna period. Keywords ancient Egypt, religious architecture, Amarna, Karnak, Amarna Period, temples, sun cult, religion
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Amenhotep III - solar and royal ideology
Bělohoubková, Dana ; Mynářová, Jana (advisor) ; Janák, Jiří (referee)
The reign of Amenhotep III represents one of the most crucial period of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Over the course of this dynasty, royal ideology, as a major means of power of the Egyptian ruler, was constantly being developed and underwent significant alterations. One long lasting debate has focused on the possibility that Amenhotep III was already deified during his lifetime, but up to now no detailed study that would analyse contemporary documents, whether connected to the king himself or related to his officials, has taken place. The aim of this thesis was to find and answer to this question by means of an analysis of written and iconographic sources from both the royal sphere as well as the domain of the officials. The result of this research, based among others on an in-depth study of the names, epithets and iconography of the ruler, indicates that Amenhotep III was already deified during his life and it allows even the definition of his divine characteristics and aspects as a solar god. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Sun cult during the Old Kingdom
Hlouchová, Marie ; Krejčí, Jaromír (advisor) ; Bareš, Ladislav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to enrich existing knowledge concerning to the sun cult in the period of the Egyptian Old Kingdom when the cult of the sun god Ra was strongly connected with the ideology of the kingship of the ancient Egyptian state and also with the belief in eternal afterlife of king. On the basis of chosen writing, epigraphical and archeological documents the thesis will try to describe extent and effect of the sun cult on the ancient Egyptian society.
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