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How were blocks from Akhenaten’s temples reused at Karnak?
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Temple of Hatshepsut at Dayr al-Baḥrī, Thebes, Egypt.
Following the restoration of the cult of Amon after the reign of Akhenaten, the open-air temples he had constructed around the periphery of Karnak to honor the Aton were dismantled.1
The building materials used for these structures, specifically small sandstone blocks known as talatat, were subsequently repurposed as construction fill for the second, ninth, and tenth pylons at Karnak, which were erected during the reign of Horemheb.1