Word: atone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...effete dilettante famed for the extravagant manner of his burial, is known to every bright U. S. schoolchild. More vital is the significance of Ikhnaton for he was the first recorded monotheist. In a regal frenzy he repudiated Ammon. deity of wealth and power, consecrated himself solely to Aton. the blinding disc of the sun. His was a short-lived but intense faith. Among its effects was the temporary liberation of Egyptian art from its stilted conventions. The bust of Nefertiti, for example, has naturalistically painted eyes, apparently follows the Queen's true tints and contours...