Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV; better known by his later name Akhenaten; who pushed the Egyptian court and nobility into worshipping only the Solar disc Aten, instead of all the traditional Gods ...

Crowned Amenhotep IV, he changed his name to Akhenaten in his fifth year on the throne and focused his energies on promoting a single god, Aten, the sun disk. Together with his beautiful queen ...

Great royal wife to Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti has long been celebrated for her beauty, but today's Egyptologists are exploring another dimension of her life: her role as powerbroker. Artistic ...

Amenhotep III’s son Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, made many changes to Egyptian politics and religion. Known as the rebel or heretic king, Akhenaten restructured the Egyptian pantheon ...

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 ...

A statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV) at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. AFP via Getty Images Meanwhile, the central street was impressively sloped to ...

She was the wife of Amenhotep IV (who later changed his name to Akhenaten), a pharaoh who unleashed a revolution that saw Egypt's religion become focused around the worship of the Aten ...

This interpretation gains depth when viewed alongside historical accounts of Pharaoh Akhenaten, who led a radical cultural and religious revolution. During his reign, Akhenaten outlawed ...

She was the mother of Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten, and remained a prominent figure of Egyptian royalty even after he ascended the throne. Akhenaton went on to father Tutankhamun ...