ABSTRACT
The temple of Tel el Amarna can be reconstructed only from the scenes in the tomb-chapels of Akhenaten’s courtiers, for the building itself is so utterly destroyed that there remain only parts of the foundation of the girdle-wall and of the main gate and a mass of broken stones and masonry. Fortunately the royal officials, who were converted to the new religion and thereby obtained riches and honours, obtained also that most coveted of all possessions, a tomb decorated at the royal expense. The King, who was also the chief missionary of the new religion, lost no opportunity of recording the appearance of his chief temple to the new god, and all the principal tombs of Tel el Amarna have scenes of the cult in the temple.
