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Aug 23, 2024 · Akhenaten, was a king (c. 1353–36 bce) of ancient Egypt of the 18th dynasty, who established a new cult dedicated to the Aton, the sun’s disk (hence his assumed name, Akhenaten, meaning “beneficial to Aton”).
Akhenaten (pronounced / ˌ æ k ə ˈ n ɑː t ən / listen ⓘ), [8] also spelled Akhenaton [3] [9] [10] or Echnaton [11] (Ancient Egyptian: ꜣḫ-n-jtn ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy, pronounced [ˈʔuːχəʔ nə ˈjaːtəj] ⓘ, [12] [13] meaning 'Effective for the Aten'), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 [3] or 1351–1334 ...
Apr 17, 2014 · Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 BCE) was a pharaoh of 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt. He is also known as 'Akhenaton' or 'Ikhnaton' and also 'Khuenaten', all...
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Feb 26, 2024 · Who was Akhenaten? Akhenaten was a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Before he gave himself that name, however, he had been Amenhotep IV, son of the great Amenhotep III, who – along with the female pharaoh Hatshepsut a century earlier – made this period a golden age for Egypt.
- He wasn’t meant to be pharaoh. Akhenaten was born Amenhotep, the younger son of pharaoh Amenhotep III and his principal wife Tiye. He had four or five sisters as well as an older brother, the crown prince Thutmose, who was recognised as Amenhotep III’s heir.
- He was married to Nefertiti. Though the exact timing of their marriage is unknown, Amenhotep IV seems to have married the chief queen of his reign, Nefertiti, at or shortly after the time of his accession.
- He introduced a new religion. Akhenaten is best known for introducing a new religion that centred on the Aten. The god figure was generally represented as a solar disk which was the essence of light produced by the sun, and the prime mover of life.
- He attacked existing Egyptian gods. At around the same time that he began to introduce a new religion, Akhenaten began a program to erase the name and image of the Theban god Amon from all monuments.
Feb 17, 2011 · Akhenaten raised the Aten to the position of 'sole god', represented as a disk with rays of light terminating in hands which reach out to the royal family, sometimes offering the hieroglyphic...
Find out more about how the Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV) established a new religion in Egypt and created a new capital city.
