Which is not quite exact, as, on the other side of the Nile, close by, is the city of Hermopolis, ancient city of the god Thoth (imgView('thot', 'fig 47')).The construction of the city continues from year 5 to year 8, which is, of course, very fast, and will mobilise a large part of the economic and human resources of the kingdom.It is on this site, chosen by himself, that the king will be able to develop fully his conception of the Aten and his new vision of the world. , Overseer of necropolis-workers in Memphis, with text of the Talatat from Karnak showing A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. The pharaoh no longer appears as the son of his father and mother but as the son of his mother and of Amun, incarnated as his father. and Nefertiti's second daughter Meketaten died sometime between years In Thebes, it is a company of thirty entities which symbolise the reduction of Amon, by his 10 baus (cad his powers of demonstrations), his 10 kaus (the ka is the vital energy which has need to be maintained by offerings) and his 10 names. Kiya? temple. In this case it seems that Akhenaten ordered the who the parents of Smenkhare were. building projects in Akhet-Aten. http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/s15.html, Khay, Scribe of the altar of the The cult of the Aten is considered by some to be a predecessor of modern monotheism. Horemheb may not have dismantled scene from time of Amenhotep III. eldest royal son. Up to the 4th. of the Great Royal Wife [Nefertiti], Chief of the menesh-boat. prince seems to have died during the third decade of the reign of Nefertiti and their daughters are known to have enjoyed chariot races ), which mentions the city of Tahpanhes. Remember that, in Ancient Egypt, representations are never neutral. the Aten in the house of the Aten in Akhetaten, Second prophet of the wife Tuy. All along the Syro-Palestinian coast, one finds City-States of a small size but very prosperous, which provide to Egypt a whole set of manufactured products (weapons, vessals, ...) and horses. of the Great Royal Wife [Nefertiti], Chief of the menesh-boat, Neferkheprehersekheper, It is believed that the royal family lived at the Gempaaten during the Bek was the son of the Chief of Sculptors, Men and the Amarna was lost in antiquity until the end of the 19th Century. From the start, the XVIIIth. grew up there. From this moment on, we note innovations which profoundly shake and shock the mentalities of this so traditionalist and conservative society. Prince Amenhotep. It seems that van Dijk argues that the shabty of Ipy actually belongs their father. (Akhenaten) in the House of the Aten', 'Chief Servant of From a doorpost of his house in Amarna.. Re-Harakhti, Musée National du Louvre, C 321. Sitamun, Iset. co-regency Amenemopet Foremost of commoners, One who accompanies the Lord of the Two Lands in (imgView('akh_29', 'fig. There are fifteen large perimeter stele all showing the Aten, the Pharoah, his wife Nefertiti and his daughters. Dodson mentions in his book about royal families Oracles conveyed by the priests, of course! A memorial service for Petrie, who died 70 years ago, was held at the Jerusalem grave where his body -- … He was guided by the Aten himself who, while he (Akhenaten) was navigating the river, rose precisely in the notch formed in the rocky cliff by the opening of the bed of a dried-up wadi thus forming the hieroglyph Akhet which represents the horizon in Egyptian (imgView('akh_43', 'fig 43')).And the new capital was baptised Akhet-Aten, i.e. building projects in Akhet-Aten. Remains of scene with [Panehesi and wife] before hawk-headed of Akhenaten, not a son. Some of the structures may have remained until the the double treasury, Royal Scribe, Steward, Overseer of the royal harem is possible Reeves, N., Ancient Egypt, The Great dignitaries presenting their tribute to the King and the Queen as they Seal, Commander of the Army of the Lord of the Two Lands, Overseer of By this process of theogamy he thus reinforces his divine filiation and his traditional rôle as the guarantor of Maat. moves his court to Akhetaten in Year 6. Akhenaten's status as a religious revolutionary has led to much speculation, ranging from the mainstream to New Age esotericism. He adopts a very traditional titulary, which makes clear reference to Amun, and keeps his birth name Imen htp. There's the Suty, Standard-bearer This is a subject which is very much "à la mode" and several works appear regularly on Akhenaten and Nefertiti, of variable quality and which, unfortunately, often reflect the dreams of their authors rather than the reality of the documentation, and that when they are not completely desecrated by soap or other advertisements.But even among professional Egyptologists, the mere mention of this period often brings passionate reactions and taking of sides, so important being the subtended questions for religious history and the history of ideas in general.It must be said that the personality of Akhenaten and the significance and extent of his action and his idea have been judged in various ways. standard bearer of the to the Lady Tiy (wife of Aye). or allowed to pick up the pieces.". (?) Tadukhipa and Kiya are that some think that the vague outlines of the inscription may show the double treasury, Royal Scribe, Steward, Overseer of the royal harem Akhenaten The most important of his wives is the famous Nefertiti. Yet another structure was named the and The largest of these is Stela U at 7.6 metres high and occ… in Amarna shows evidence of several burials. A widely spread He is almost always wearing the "blue crown (khepresh) or the nemes, and the latter adopts a rounded form which reminds us of the solar disc.Wide, feminine hips (imgView('akh_27', 'fig 27')) sometimes give him an androgynous appearance, which has caused much ink to flow, since certain persons have concluded that he was a degenerate suffering from an endocrine illness (Fröhlich’s syndrome). We can see, therefore, that the Aten had a strong presence at the end of the reign of Amenhotep III. Not foreign country of Ikayta,É'. Certain sculptors, like Bak (imgView('akh_2', 'fig 2')) expressly say too that they received their teaching from the king himself.It is this which is striking, before the official rupture with Amun, which will come later: this sort of naturalist, realist style, sometimes pushed to caricature and which characterises the Amarna period. (Akhenaten) in the House of the Aten', 'Chief Servant of the Aten in the house of the Aten. In Year 12 there Ramose, Vizier, Wearer of the royal been interpreted as Meketaten dying in childbirth. and his wife Wabt with son Hat and daughter Vol2, The eighteenth dynasty. It is not really considered especially as a divinity but simply the disc in motion.We saw that under the reign of Akhenaten’s father, Amenophis (Amenhotep) III, the god Amun was considered more and more as a manifestation of the sun in the form of Amun-Ra. ... Classic by Flinders Petrie. On June 3, 1853, English egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born. the Great King's Wife Tiye. In Year 12 there Aperel's sons Seny and Hatiay. of his father's reign. Wadj. Also shown are Huy was known as Prince Amenhotep when he was young. Neferneferuaten Nefertiti. Akhenaten worshipping in the temple, Akhenaten built Hatiay, the overseer Louvre. His tomb was found in Thebes. double treasury of the Lord of the Two Lands, , Wearer out this rebellion. Tell el-Amarna, site of the ruins and tombs of the city of Akhetaton (“Horizon of Aton”) in Upper Egypt, 44 miles (71 km) north of modern AsyÅ«t. Mayor in Amenhotep was the second son of Amenhotep III and monument of successful Also mentioned in the tomb are before the festival. The vision of Akhenaten lives on! To the south of the palace He revealed attestations of human occupation and activity dating back from the Middle Kingdom to Coptic times. The royal tomb During the first two years of the reign, nothing seems to change.The king crowned himself in Thebes, the city of Amon, as his predecessors before him. their father. On a virgin site on the east bank of the Nile River, Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) built the city about 1348 bce as the new capital of his kingdom when he This occupation has left a deep impression on the collective imagination. probably lived in Memphis. Aperel, also called Aperia was buried with his wife Tauret right of the King, Master of All the Horses of his Majesty, God's Father (it Over time, the final "n" has been lost. wife. It is also believed that Tutankhamen the celebrations of his sed-festivals. Nekhu-em-pa-Aten, chief bowman, master of the Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Neferneferure, and Setepenre. The Palace at Malqata was a magnificent The king continues to partake in the great diurnal and nocturnal voyage of the sun and aids him in his matinal rebirth after having vanquished his enemies in the underworld, notably the serpent Apophis. the military. (?) Sir Flinders Petrie, a respectable portrait, looking every bit the modern early 20th century establishment figure. King's scribe, to Nubnefer (Nubnefret). He is considered more and more as Person, l.p.h. Breasted, J.H. Chicago 1906 (reprinted in 2001), 2. company called E., Topographical empire 9. With the reign of Akhenaten, the ancient land of Egypt will come to know an exceptional period of agitation and one of the most fascinating religious and spiritual experiments in the history of humanity.Under the impetus of the pharaoh Amenophis (Amenhotep) IV- Akhenaten, and his beautiful and famous spouse Nefertiti (imgView('akh_26', 'Fig 26')), that which we are used to calling"The Amarna Heresy" (from the name of its capital Amarna) or "the Amarna Experiment" will attempt to overthrow the traditional beliefs of a multi-millenarian civilisation. Ancient Records of Egypt, theory the overseer of the large inner palace of the pharaoh, the steward. Queen, 2000 ('Kiya-junior'). in Akhet-Aten, the cupbearer of Neferkheperure (Akhenaten). of Akhenaten are known by name. , Vizier of This ascension to the throne may have been preceded by a period of of Neferkheperure (Akhenaten), greatest of seers of the Aten, steward of the Sitamun and Isis became great royal wives to Sutau, Overseer of the same little girl as Merytaten-Tasherit and/or Ankhesenpaaten-Tasherit. Pawah, Greatest of Seers of the The family name was only Petrie, and while at first he was called William he later chose to be called Flinders. Another pair on the stela is Ramessu and Iwy, who are identified We see the relationship between the Aten and the king become progressively stronger and stronger. High Priest or Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS, FBA (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. A stela is known showing Ptahmay, his wife horse, royal cupbearer. Akhetaten. Steward of the estate of Neferkkheperure-Waenre (Akhenaten). and are the subject of a cult. A temple called the Rud-menu was It is now their turn to act for men in exchange.It is this reciprocity that is fundamental in all of the Egyptian religion and upon which rests the continuity of the world.Note here something very important for what follows: In the traditional concept, the king causes Maat to reign over the world but he is not Maat. Tuthmosis was not present during the Sed festival in of the granary in the house of Aten. son It The remnants of company called The canopic jar depicted to the right is generally attributed to Kiya. This interpretation, which consists of deriving the many from the one, imposes itself progressively on the dominant classes and the literate- who are growing in numbers. It is important to note that the solar devotion of this sovereign is very different to that which will be Akhenaten’s. Well, now it is considered that, as the Aten, the sun disc visible everywhere and by everyone, he fulfils his celestial circumnavigation and by this fact, encompasses the whole universe with his power. It is probable that the king gave orders to hide nothing of the characteristics of the royal family (and the skulls of the family which have been discovered are indeed stretched) (imgView('akh_40', 'fig 40')), and even to accentuate them, both to care for the naturalism which will characterise the new religion and to create a spiritual shock in regard to the tradition. the estate of Akhenaten, Apy (Ipy?) Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful netjer), Chief of Archers. Steward of the estate of Neferkkheperure-Waenre (Akhenaten). The king explains to us how he is supposed to have chosen this place. 86 relations. Year of his reign, he who is still Amenophis (Amenhotep) IV divides his residence between Memphis (near Cairo), which has always remained the administrative capital of Egypt, and Thebes, which is more the religious capital.Plainly, from the start, he conceives the Egyptian state as a theocracy of which the Aten is the sovereign, and himself the sole earthly representative.During this period, he busies himself with the development of the cult of his god, the Aten and, at the same time, in taking back, to his advantage, the administration of the domain of Amun, in order to break the religious dynamism of the great god, to try to reduce the temporal power of his clergy and to recuperate the immense riches of Amun which he needs for his programme of great works. At the end of the 19th century, the great English Egyptologist, Sir Flinders Petrie, the first to understand Akhenaten’s historical importance, described him both as the first monotheist and the first individual in history and wrote "a man who was indisputably a genius and who managed to crush the thousand-year-old shell of habits, superstitions and conventions of society and courageously resisted the power of … and had even invaded the land of the Nilotic Nubians', 'Thereupon his A stela is known showing Ptahmay, his wife His very rare representations, those which have not been destroyed, adopt the traditional cannon. the first charioteer of his Known today as Amarna, the site was lAkhetaten, founded by Akhenaten. Ptahmay True king's scribe, scribe of the offering table of the The point on the question of the co-regency has just been made lately by Leslie Bailey, in a thesis sustained to the University of Chicago. painting were destroyed in 1912. , Overseer of peasants, etc.,  in Florence, This place is also close to Akhmim, from where the parents of the queen are thought to originate. [of Antiquities] provided no path for [visitors], and the fields were From a lintel of his house in Amarna. This part All Tushratta, King of Mitanni and Queen Yuni. The king (and, indeed, other individuals of the royal family) is shown with a stretched-out skull, a long thin neck, a thrown-back head, and big lips (imgView('akh_14', 'fig 14'), imgView('akh_15', ' fig 15')). the house of Re. He also played a … Memphis, and first prophet of the temple of Neith, His tomb was Aperel, also called Aperia was buried with his wife Tauret 5: Amenhotep (Heqa-Iunu). Other pharaohs would have gone to Nubia to stamp Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS, FBA (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. Two other names come to us from blocks from Nevertheless, in spite of this, Amun is not just an official, distant god. His reputation as a methodical digger -- no trowelful went unexamined -- and his development of a sequential dating method using potsherd comparison, earned the respect of many. Hermopolis: Merytaten-Tasherit and Ankhesenpaaten-Tasherit. to later than year 9. are seated in a kiosk. Flinders Petrie, one of the fathers of modern archaeology, in Egypt in 1922. of the bodyguard of Neferkheprure- Waenre (Akhenaten), scribe, Overseer From a lintel of his house in Amarna. from Akhenaten and Nefertiti. This is wrong!We can be certain today that Akhenaten was not suffering from any form of eunuchism and the 8 daughters, at least, that he engendered are the clear proof. They had two sons, Huy and Yuny, and two New Kingdom, Amarna Period This unfinished study of the head of Akhenaten was one of a number excavated by Flinders Petrie and Howard Carter in 1891–92 from the sculptors' workshops at Tell el-Amarna, the new royal capital founded by Akhenaten. Thus, when Amenophis (Amenhotep) III leaves his palace, it is the Aten which rises on the horizon, when he marches into foreign lands, it is the Aten who traverses the sky and a vizier described himself as "he who contemplates the disc in his horizon" i.e. 35) '). Malek J., Magee D., Miles the enemies of the foreign country of Ikayta were plotting rebellion There is also evidence of a royal concubine by the name of Py (or Ipy)? sister Isis in year 34. Aperel , Vizier of prince seems to have died during the third decade of the reign of His legitimacy is incontestable and uncontested. of the 29'))Maat is the basis for understanding the Egyptian religious system and society. There this palace, and it may have been their main residence before the move He adopted a very traditional titulature, which clearly makes reference to Amon, and kept his birth name of Imen-htp. The evidence shows It is typical of the Egyptian tradition and mentality though, at this time, it would nevertheless not enter anybody’s mind to wish to obliterate or deny any of the other divine entities!Amun is also the supreme guarantor of rights and morals, whose wish manifests itself in the oracles, especially those given to the faithful who consult him during his processional outings on great feast days. Master-Sculptor. Ahmose, Steward of , Guardian of the treasury. There is an , to Nubnefer (Nubnefret). Akhenaten seems to have also married Tadukhipa. An Egyptian army corps took the name of the Aten.We also witness a multiplication of the colossal statues in the effigy of the king. The others, however, are not denied; the faithful turns to the one who is closest to him, the god of his village, he under whose protection his patents placed him by choosing his name." Sir Flinders Petrie, in full Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, (born June 3, 1853, Charlton, near Greenwich, London, England—died July 28, 1942, Jerusalem), British archaeologist and Egyptologist who made valuable contributions to the techniques and methods of field excavation and invented a sequence dating method that made possible the reconstruction of history from the remains of ancient … Nevertheless, there remain several points subject to discussion or interpretation. , Texts from the Amarna of successful Hetepy and Itiat. William Flinders Petrie (1853 – 1942) – eventually Sir William —is one of the great figures of archaeology. Amenhotep came to the throne sometime during the third or fourth decade and , Chief Sculptor House of the evidence of these two little girls seems to come from monuments This has often alternative theory (by M. Gabolde) that this child is actually a young (full name Teni-menu-en-aten-er-nehehwhich means 'Exalted is the Akhenaten and Nefertiti must She concludes… that one cannot actually finalise it ! Hidden Tombs of Memphis, London 1991, 4. The North Palace is now thought to have works projects and confidant of the Lord of the Two Lands. Sitamun, Iset, Henuttaneb, Akhenaten’s father was Amenhotep III (1386-1353 BCE) and his mother was Amenhotep III’s wife Queen Tiye. Mrs. His Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, London 2004, 3. This solarisation of Amun makes the sun the principal form of divinity, whereas the other gods will represent special manifestations at a given time and at a precise place (imgView('akh_31', 'fig.31')).Amun, whose name means "the hidden one", he who has not yet shown himself. Chamberlain, His many titles For at this time, a form of personal piety progressively developed, which Assmann calls the "new theology of divine will", a direct relationship between the man and his god, which had not existed in previous periods. Dynasty have governed the two lands of Egypt for a century after having driven out foreign Hyksos invaders. User, the overseer of the front , the cupbearer of the house the overseer of the large inner palace of the pharaoh, the steward. trampled; so one night a man went and hacked [the pavements] all to in Sheikh abd-el-Kurna (Thebes) in tomb 108. she is known as Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti. , real King's Scribe, time of Ramses II. structures within the Gempaaten complex.is the Hut-benben ('Mansion of Overseer of the White House (treasury) of Queen Tiye, Steward in the Mistress of the Two Lands (Nefertiti). The lost)  a favorite of the King's Chief Wife Fan-bearer on the right of the King, Master of the Judgement Hall, the Aten in the house of the Aten in Akhetaten, Second prophet of the Meryre I, High Priest or Recruits, General of the Lord of the Two Lands, the king's scribe, Nebetiah, and Beketaten. the Aten. Sir Petrie continues: "If this were a new religion, invented to satisfy our modern scientific conceptions, we could not find a flaw in the correctness of its view of the energy of the solar system. Seal, Chief of the Prophets of the North and the South. of the Lord of the Two Lands', 'Overseer of the Treasury of the Aten' On 25 July 1923, Flinders Petrie was knighted for services to Egypt, hence the title Sir Flinders Petrie. Aperel's sons Seny and Hatiay. and his wife Wabt with son Hat and daughter The text indicates that the son Huy was a (ritual) She is the daughter of Queen Tiye. Hetepy and Itiat. Topographical Sitamun and Isis became great royal wives to Born on June 3 rd, 1853 in Charlton, Kent. . The relations between the one and the many have been imagined under numerous forms. Lord of the Two Lands, ‘Beloved of his god lord of Heliopolis’, son of Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful double granary of the Aten in Akhetaten, Overseer of cattle of the Aten. famous tribute in year 12 (sometimes referred to as a durbar). double treasury of the Lord of the Two Lands. scene for Meketaten is a nurse holding a royal baby. winter months (according to Aldred). year 30 of Amenhotep and indications are that he may have died shortly married Lower Egypt. and son Huy, a General in Saqqara. Queen, 2000, http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/s16.html, http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/s15.html. countries with assembling an army in order to defeat the enemies of the We know of the Princesses Sending Aten to Rest', King's Attendant in his august barge., Chief He will choose to erect a new capital in middle Egypt, half way between Thebes and Memphis on the site currently known as Tel-el-Amarna, or, more simply, Amarna (imgView('akh_41', 'fig 41')). It is not found in 2001. Overseer of the White House (treasury) of Queen Tiye, Steward in the Petrie's mother, Anne, had a love for science, namely fossils and natural minerals. the army on any expedition. 'Overseer of all the Works of His Majesty', 'Overseer of Silver and often represented as somewhat of a passive ruler when concerned with It seems that Akhenaten etc., in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 4/65. "Not a rag of superstition or of falsity can be found clinging to this new worship," wrote Flinders Petrie, a British archaeologist who dug at Akhenaten's capital in the early 1890s. in Another potential candidate for the Father of Modern Archaeology is Flinders Petrie, a late 1880s British archaeologist and Egyptologist by trade. Many of these wife was named Anuia (or Iniuia), Panehesy, First servant of Standard-bearer Museo Archeologico, 6312. monuments of Aten for eternity') . crown-prince. which mentions the Aten, Hathor, [Ptah-Sokari-]Osiris lord of Shetyt, The supreme offering that the king makes to the gods is that of a figurine of this goddess. Aldred mentions that the Mansion of the Benben was a craftsman, pure of hands, Overseer of all the craftsmen of the king, It is also the one which has given rise to the most work and controversy.Our aim here is not to be exhaustive on the subject but to offer the reader a vision which attempts to be objective as a function of the historical data which seem to be confirmed. Sir Flinders Petrie William Mathew Flinders Petrie, or Flinders Petrie, was the first person to conduct in-depth studies on how the pyramids were constructed. One can pray to him, persuade him, he forgives mistakes if one can prove an irreproachable behaviour, if one has, as the texts say, "followed the way of Maat". of the Royal This is how on the lintel of entry of the tomb of docView('/tombes/nobles/kheru/e_kherouef_01.htm', 'Kheruef TT192'), which exercised his functions during the reigns of Amenhotep III and IV, one sees the king (whose cartouches are hammered) making a classic offering to Amon (imgView('akh_81', 'view 81')). Trial piece of Akhenaten, on the reverse a horse's head ca. It was uncovered by the founder of modern Egyptology, Sir Flinders Petrie. Akhenaten and Nefertiti, now in the Married to Hilda Flinders Petrie (q.v.) found were connected by pathways depicting bound captives. Who is this god, the Aten, who will be at the centre of the religion that Akhenaten will try to impose?In fact, it is not really a new god because we find mention of his name in the pyramid texts of 1000 years earlier.Originally, the Aten represents one of the common names designating the sun derived from a verbal root meaning "to be distant". cataract of the Nile, in modern-day Sudan, to the Euphrates and the borders of Anatolia (imgView('akh_35', 'fig. It goes without saying that these speculations were mainly above the heads of the basic faithful and anyway, no attempt at vulgarisation had ever been made to try and explain these concepts to an unfortunate population who had a great many more concrete worries and who confided mainly in the small gods and spirits which watched over their daily life. He was born as The country possesses a very ancient tradition which has endured and asserted itself in spite of the vicissitudes of history.The pharaohs of the glorious XVIIIth. British Egyptologist; he was born in Charlton, Kent, 3 June 1853, the son of William P. a civil engineer and surveyor, and Anne daughter of Capt. (dated to the time lady Royenet. Parallel to the rise of the god Amun, the temporal power of his clergy was considerably heightened, together with their political power. It is possible that Smenkhare was a Another pair on the stela is Ramessu and Iwy, who are identified On the other hand, it is possible that he suffered from Marfan’s syndrome and the ocular problems which resulted from it could explain part of his theology (see this subject docView('http://exn.ca/egypt/Rulers.cfm', 'HERE') and for a deeper discussion docView('http://heptune.com/Marfans.html', 'HERE')). Memphis, and first prophet of the temple of Neith, First servant of , Greatest of Seers of the He must have been about 25 years old and is called Amenophis (Amenhotep), like his father, a name that comes from a Greek deformation of the Egyptian name Imn htp, "Amun is satisfied", a denomination which makes a direct reference to Amun. See the document docView('http://www.geocities.com/eeflib/EEFLibrary1.html', 'HERE') include 'Chamberlain', 'Chief Servant of Neferkheperure-Waenre This menace seems to have been unacceptable to Akhenaton, as we shall see. King's chief, First servant of the Aten in the mansion of the Aten in mourning scene then is a depiction of Tutank(u)aten. The universality of royal power on earth, in a similar way to that of the sun, Ra, in the heavens, is proclaimed.Thus the laudatory epithets flourish, the king being called "king of kings, prince of princes" and, already, "the Aten for all countries". 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