Aten

British

/ ˈɑːtən /

noun

(in ancient Egypt) the solar disc worshipped as the sole god in the reign of Akhenaten

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“We were just sick of losing honestly,” said junior forward Aten Hassan, who had nine points in Saturday’s 56-49 intersectional victory over Agoura.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2024

“Mental health needs are just overwhelming faith communities,” said Jamie Aten, a professor at Wheaton College and the co-founder of Spiritual First Aid.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023

Intriguingly, drawings on the walls dating to the time of Akhenaten’s father, Pharaoh Amenhotep III, depict the Aten exactly as he was shown at Amarna.

From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2022

The 18th-dynasty pharaoh rejected Amun, Osiris and Egypt’s traditional gods in favor of a single disembodied creator-essence, Aten, or the sun disk.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

They followed closely as Aten wormed his way through the crowd.

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray

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