Overall the sun has always been a figure of great importance to the Egyptian culture. In the Old Kingdom it was represented by many different symbols. It was honored and worshipped by the people and was where kings wanted to go in their afterlife. If making a ramp to the sun was one of the driving reasons to build such wonderful, huge structures like the pyramids in a time when that kind of project would seem next to impossible to us today, then there is no question that the sun held great importance with the people in this time period.
In the Tel el Armana period we know that the sun symbolized great importance because the king made it so the sun was the "new religion" (Barker 124). Not a lot is said on how the people of Egypt felt about this, but Akhenaten was the king. He made the laws and the people had to obey. Even if they didn't agree, the sun was made to be the most important symbol in their lives.
…
