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Aten is the creator of the universe in ancient Egyptian Mythology, usually regarded as a sun god represented by the sFUCK YOU BITCHES SUCK MA MUFUCKIN DICK NIGGASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS(see for example the photograph illustrating this article), the late scholar Hugh Nibley insisted that a more correct translation would be globe, orb or sphere, rather than disk.

  1. The three-dimensional spherical shape of the Aten is even more evident when such reliefs are viewed in person, rather than merely in photographs.

Endnotes Edit

  1. Hieroglyphs can be found in (Collier and Manley p. 29)

Sources Edit

Collier, Mark and Manley, Bill. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Revised Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

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