How can
we view the Small Aten Temple now?
On the
site
Two columns
of the temple have been reconstructed. Barry Kemp describes making the
floor plan visible:
"The
remnants [of the foundations] are, however, too fragile to be left exposed
and have mostly been reburied. . . .As a way of keeping the outline
of the Sanctuary visible, we have adopted the scheme of marking it with
low modern stonework along the lines of the principal ancient walls,
and then filling the spaces between with the original chippings and
stone dust which Pendlebury heaped up on either side. This will create
a low platform at the original floor level of the sanctuary, through
which the tops of the stone walls will be visible. When finished. .
. the result should not be obtrusive; it will be barely visible from
the road and should help visitors to make sense of this, the most accessible
of Akhenaten’s temples to the sun."
