Akhenaten

The destruction of the memory of Akhenaten’s reign became law, and later pharaohs attempted to destroy any evidence of the Aten religion and Akhenaten himself. There was already random vandalism at Amarna, and some of the talaat stone had been used for other building projects, but after Tutankhamun’s death a serious, official campaign of destruction began. As described by Cyril Aldred, “Figures of Amarna royalty had been defaced in reliefs and statuary and their names expunged. Their memorials doubtless stood deserted and unprotected, inviting random demolition. A campaign was now initiated, presumably at a high level, for total destruction of the recent past.” The pharaohs that immediately followed Akhenaten during the 17th Dynasty wanted…

Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV was the Pharaoh of Egypt in the 18th century. He was married to Nefertiti and had six girls with her. Four of them died at a young age from an unknown disease. However, they are believed to have passed away from a plague that was going around Egypt at the time. He also had a few other wives, but they were unnamed. He ruled Egypt for seventeen years and was known as a rebel king because he made some of the biggest changes in all of Egyptian history.…

Hello and marhaban simple peasant folk, I am King Akhenaten, originally known as Amenhotep IV. I was born in 1385 B.C. to Amenhotep III and Queen Tiyi. I was, debatably, crowned to the throne of Egypt in 1367 B.C. at the age of 18, but it was only because my older brother Thutmose, the original crown prince, was the victim of an early death (deja vu). I married Queen Nefertiti (and others), and my six daughters were the princesses Meketaten, Meritaten, Ankhesenpaten, Neferneferuaten minor,…

whether this was an actual physical change in his appearance or whether it was just a literary or symbolic depiction of him. Many depict the actual appearance of Akhenaten to be quite feminine and often times androgynous (Ismail). While this was somewhat common in Ancient Egyptian culture, Akhenaten’s case was extremely exaggerated when compared to the other examples that were found within the history of Egypt. This was extremely interesting due to the fact that this was a specific case that was…

produce six daughters with her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten. By sharing the throne with her husband, Nefertiti stretched gender norms and laid a new path for how leadership of the time was conducted, specifically for women. Nefertiti and Akhenaten, “revolutionized Egyptian religion and society by replacing the worship of many gods with the worship... of the sun god Aten” (Sweeney, 2008). Their reign often coincided with societal upheaval because Nefertiti and Akhenaten changed the…

During the 18th dynasty, Egypt experienced a radical shift in religion, politics, and art under the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten. While his rule only lasted from the early 1350’s BCE to around 1334 BCE, Akhenaten is well known for abandoning the polytheism in favor of worship of Aten, a deity represented as a solar disk. He is therefore credited for introducing a quasi-monotheistic system in Egypt, although many argue that Akhenaten acknowledged all gods but only actively worshipped Aten. This…

controversy. Though it was only a momentary revolution, it was believed to have had great impacts on Egypt’s society, or civilization. To be specific, I am talking about the revolution of Akhenaten; the individualistic legendary Egyptian Pharaoh, who arguably introduced the idea of monotheistic religion to humanity. The very fact that Akhenaten’s revolution is viewed as an interesting era in Egyptian history, and also because a huge amount of effort was put in order to eradicate this era from…

It is indisputable that, although considerable developments were made by Akhenaten during his time, his reign must be considered a predominant failure; his overall contribution was poor as much of what he achieved in regards to religion, architecture and art was destroyed and reversed following his death. As Freud (1955) states, Akhenaton 's memory was “scorned as that of a felon” and his contributions were diminished by his successors following his death. He additionally failed to adequately…

s an egyptian queen who ruled alongside her husband Pharaoh Akhenaten. Their rule was from 1353-1336 B.C. Nefertiti and her husband Pharaoh Akhenaten initiated the following of the sun god also known as Aten. They also immensely contributed to the uprising of egyptian artwork and architecture. Nefertiti has a very mysterious background little is known about her and there are several theories about who she really is and where she came from. One of them being that nefertiti was born of…

Akhenaten, the son of Amenhotep III, was an Egyptian king of the 18th Dynasty who brought many cultural reforms to Egypt during his reign. It is generally thought that Akhenaten acted through his reign without any precedent or foreshadowing. However, it has also been speculated that he may have drawn his ideas from the rule of his father. Akhenaten, with his revolutionary focus on Aten and being the first Egyptian king to truly embrace monotheism coupled with henotheism, revealed the importance…