The Pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled from 1370 to 1353 BC, was Egypt's strangest king. He gave up the old Egyptian religion, which had many gods, and commanded that only the sun's disc, Aten, should be worshiped. In Thebes, the capital of Egypt, the chief god was Amun. So in 1366 BC, Akhenaten decided to build a new capital dedicated only to the sun-god. It was called Akhet-Aten, meaning "horizon of the sun".
He was a strange and ugly man but he had a beautiful queen, Nefertiti, and six daughters.
Language
English
Pages
27
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Price Stern Sloan
Release
June 16, 1989
ISBN
0843132000
ISBN 13
0843132000
Curse of the Serpent: Perilous Journey in Ancient Egypt (Super Q)
The Pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled from 1370 to 1353 BC, was Egypt's strangest king. He gave up the old Egyptian religion, which had many gods, and commanded that only the sun's disc, Aten, should be worshiped. In Thebes, the capital of Egypt, the chief god was Amun. So in 1366 BC, Akhenaten decided to build a new capital dedicated only to the sun-god. It was called Akhet-Aten, meaning "horizon of the sun".
He was a strange and ugly man but he had a beautiful queen, Nefertiti, and six daughters.