SO’OUD ATEN, Egypt — It’s a familiar story: The whim of a leader upends citizens’ lives and leads them into the wilderness. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten was no different. Determined that his ...

Akhenaten, father of Tutankhamun and husband of Nefertiti, ruled Egypt between roughly 1353 and 1336 B.C. FAPAB Research Center Researchers have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh ...

One of the typical images of Atenist iconography involves Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten extending the ʿbȝ/sḫm/ḫrp/ḥw-ʿ scepter in the light of Aten, near offerings ...

In this Curse Of The Pharaohs quest, players must collect four tablets from key locations on Akhenaten's map. When that's done, the final one features a riddle guiding players to the expansion's best ...

Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ascending the throne, he turned away from traditional Egyptian polytheism ...

Three thousand four hundred years ago, a contentious ancient Egyptian king abandoned his name, his religion, and his capital in Thebes (modern Luxor). Archaeologists know what happened next: The ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When Akhenaten came to power, he recreated the religious universe by doing away with polytheism and insisting his subjects worship Aten, the sun ...

Though left unfinished, this is the finest carved tomb in the Valley of the Nobles. Ramose was a governor of Thebes and vizier of Egypt under both Amenophis III and Amenophis IV (better known as ...

Arguably the first five years, the “Karnak” period, of Akhenaten's reign constitute the most important time span in the formulation of the heretic king's program. In contrast to the 18 years spent at ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten — and harbored a wine jug stamped with the name of ...

Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Pétain, De Gaulle, Eisenhower… Many great military leaders, thanks to the popularity and prestige earned through warfare, managed to rise to the leadership of their countries.