Pharaoh Akhenaten ruled Egypt for 13 years, from 1355-1338 B.C.E. ... Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV; better known by his later name Akhenaten; ...

Crowned Amenhotep IV, ... Akhenaten's attempt to suppress one god and advance another in a culture that reveled in a complex pantheon of ever-changing deities did not endure.

Nefertiti, great royal wife of Amenhotep IV (better known by the name he adopted later in life, Akhenaten), is one of history's most recognized mysterious figures.

Nefertiti is one of the most fascinating Egyptian rulers in history. She was a queen, but also a priestess - and might have even been a pharaoh. She and her husband, Amenhotep IV (AKA Akhenaten ...

Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten five years into his reign to reflect his rejection of the main gods of the established pantheon and his promotion in their place of Aten, the god of ...

FIRST the pharaoh changed his name, from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten. Then he decreed that a new capital should be built far away from the old one. And in this city, one god should be worshipped ...

In Amenhotep III’s final years, he is thought to have briefly reigned alongside his son, Akhenaten. But a few years after his father’s death, Akhenaten, who ruled from around 1353–1336 ...

EGYPTIAN Queen Nefertiti’s life still remains filled with many questions and theories. The wife of pharaoh Amenhotep IV was notable for her sublime beauty. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Queen Nefe… ...