Editing Amarna (section)

===Religious life===
While the reforms of Akhenaten are generally believed to have been oriented towards a sort of [[monotheism]], or perhaps more accurately, [[monolatrism]], archaeological evidence shows other deities were also revered, even at the centre of the Aten cult – if not officially, then at least by the people who lived and worked there.

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... at Akhetaten itself, recent excavation by [[Barry Kemp (Egyptologist)|Kemp]] (2008: 41–46) has shown the presence of objects that depict gods, goddesses and symbols that belong to the traditional field of personal belief. So many examples of [[Bes]], the grotesque dwarf figure who warded off evil spirits, have been found, as well as of the goddess-monster, [[Taweret]], part crocodile, part hippopotamus, who was associated with childbirth. Also in the royal workmen's village at Akhetaten, stelae dedicated to [[Isis]] and [[Shed (deity)|Shed]] have been discovered (Watterson 1984: 158 & 208).<ref>{{cite thesis |first=Philip |last=Turner |url=https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk-ac-man-scw:180305 |title=Seth – a misrepresented god in the Ancient Egyptian pantheon? |type=PhD  |publisher=[[University of Manchester]] |place=Manchester, UK |year=2012}}</ref>
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[[File:Fragment of tomb relief depicting four scribes at work.jpg|thumb|Scribes with pens and papyrus scrolls. Relief from Amarna]]