Shu and Tefenet, twins of Aten who (IN A REALLY GROSS WAY) makes them live, and then they get married and have other God children.
This is all i have so far and don't totally understand HOW they have a connection to Akhenaten apart from the fact that they are Aten's children> NO WAIT TOTALLY GET IT!!!!!
B/c Akhenaten (like Pharaoh's being sons of Re) is the 'son' of Aten and so embodies Shu and Tefenet in the colossi!!! And as the twins are male and female, he must embody both of them :) :) YAY!!! get it.
This seems like a reasonable reason for WHY there is a sexless colossi (but i still think it would be funny if when they were defaced that someone cleverly chiseled it off, but oh well). It also explains WHY he has womanly features and yet is male :):)
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