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 but it behoved them to veil their faces from his radiance and
receive his bounty prostrate

in the dust beneath him. The peculiar views of Khuen-Aten, or
Amenhotep IV., were maintained by
the two or three succeeding kings,
who had short and disturbed reigns. After
them there arose a king called
Horus, or Har-em-hebi, who utterly swept away the "Disk-worshippers,"
ruined their new city, obliterated their names, mutilated their
monuments, and restored the ancient religion of the Egyptians to its
former place as the religion, not only of the people, but of the
court. Henceforth, what was called "heresy" ceased to show itself in
the land. XV. BEGINNING
OF THE DECLINE OF EGYPT. The internal troubles connected with the
"Disk-worship"
had for about forty

years distracted the attention of the Egyptians
from their Asiatic possessions;
and this circumstance had favoured the development
of a highly important power in Western Asia. The Hittites, whose
motto was "reculer pour mieux
sauter,"

having withdrawn
themselves from Syria during the time of the Egyptian attacks,
retaining, perhaps, their hold on Carchemish (Jerabus), but not
seeking to extend themselves further southward, took heart of grace
when the Egyptian expeditions ceased, and descending from
their mountain
fastnesses to the Syrian plains and vales, rapidly established
their domin