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View Name: Aton


ATON
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: AH-tən (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "solar disk" in Egyptian. Aton was an Egyptian god of the sun, depicted as a solar disk with long rays extending downwards. The worship of Aton was especially extensive during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaton, who proclaimed Aton was the only god.
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