e up the soul of the dead appeared and at sunset returned to the tomb (Alfred 1968: 191). As Christian El Mahdy states “He made it publicly known he was totally devoted to the new god”(El Mahdy 1999: 87). This is made known by the letters in the Lab’aya Affair in letters EA 253 and 254. They state “ To the king my lord, my sun: message from Lab’aya, your servant, the ground on which you walk” (Moran 1992: 1). This tells to me that he has become devoted totally to the god Other odd things about the religion are prayers for long life and for benefits after death are addressed by the dead man to the Aten, often to the king and occasionally the queen (Alfred 1988: 248). His instructions as to the marking of the bands by means of a tablet at the southern and northern extremities of the sites, which together with it’s produce would be dedicated to the father, The Aten (Alfred 1988: 270). He also said were he died also his family should be brought back to Akhenaten which means the horizon of Aten (El Mahdy 1999: 88). This broke with the normal burial of the royal tomb in the western hills on the territory of Amun at Thebus (Alfred 1988: 270). He made these changes so Aten was clearly divine forever and not forgotten (Alfred 1988: 278). It is clear the people have tried to forget all about the Amarna age. Things that did not sit very well with Egypt, this still tells of his total dedication to Aten.The king’s new religion really terrified people of Egypt. He angered the powerful priesthood of Amun in the temple of Karnac threating their livelihood. The priests not wanting to put up with Akenaten kicked him out of the city of Luxor. Hurt by this he told them he would find his own city. He found the city two hundred miles out in desert. On a deserted plain on the eastern bank of the Nile, he called this city Akheteten or Tell El Amarna (El Mahdy 1999: 87). He ordered buildin...
