It is Aton who created all the lands, and men and women, and put each created thing in its proper place, supplying its needs. “The world subsists by thee!” “Each has his food.” This hymn has rightly been compared to Psalm 104. There has even been discussion of the “monotheistic” character of Akh-en-Aton’s reform. The originality and importance of this “first individual in history,” as Breasted called him, are still disputed, but there can be no doubt of his religious fervor. The prayer found in his coffin contained these lines: “I go to breathe the sweet breath of thy mouth. Every day, I shall
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