The young pharaoh, Tutankhaten, later known as Tutankhamun, ruled over Egypt from approximately 1336-1327 B.C.. Tutankhamen took the reigns of the Egyptian throne after his (probable) father, Akhenaten. When Akhenaten was ruler, he and his wife, Ankhesenamun (Tutankhamen’s probable mother), essentially decided to change the beliefs and worship practices of all Egyptians. Akhenaten and Ankhesenamun wanted everyone to worship Aten, a god that represents the sun disk. Akhenaten even named his son after Aten – his child name Tutankhaten meaning “Living image of Aten”. However, when Tutankhamun became ruler, he lifted the ban that his father had placed on the cult of Amun and other previous traditions. After doing so, he changed his name to Tutankamun,
