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Akhenaton and Family
The mural or Sunken relief of Akhenaton and his Family, was made in the 18th Dynasty in ancient Egypt 1353-1335 BCE. This Mural was made during the Amarna Period after the Pharaoh uprooted his colonies and upheaved the entire religion of the era. The Akhenaton and Nefertiti with their three daughters mural was made of limestone, the artist created it by cutting deep into the stone's surface outlining the people without cutting back the stone around them. In this family portrait the king is sitting on the to the right sitting, holding one of his small daughters up to kiss her head. Nefertiti the pharaohs wife has one daughter on her lap looking up at her and pointing to the king and another smaller child perched on her shoulder looking up at the wife. The entire family is sitting in the rays of Aton, the sun disk. This picture is what i would liken to todays family pictures, because it does not seem royal in any way, the family seems to be all just relaxing.