"The barques sail up-stream and down-stream alike. Every highway is open because thou has dawned. The fish in the river leap up before thee, And thy rays are in the midst of the great sea."
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Atenism
Atenism or Atonism was a short-lived religion in ancient Egypt, founded by the pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC.
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