Akhenaton







Akhenaton (Akhenaten, Ikhnaton) or Amenhotep IV was the tenth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty ruled with his wife, the main Nefertiti for 17 years since 1369 BC. M. (Died 1336 BC or 1334 BC) Akhenaton word meaning beautiful with the sun disk (or the spirit of furnace) is sometimes Amenhotep (meaning Amun is satisfied) IV.
Tried to unite the gods of ancient Egypt, including the god Amun-Re in the form of one god, Aten, although there are doubts about its success in this. And transfer the capital from good to his capital of the new furnace sister Minya. And showing the real art, especially in sculpture, painting and literature appeared characterized by a new anthem for the new god Aten. Or the so-called system of Tel el-Amarna. Have been busy King Akhenaten Bislahath religious and went on foreign policy and management of the empire up till high Euphratesand Nubia in the south. Severing the Asian part of them. When he died his successor Smonk Ka-Ra and his brother, Tutankhamun, who abandoned the doctrine of the roar and left the capital to Thebes and announced the return of the doctrine of Amun, declaring that of Tutankhamun. Good priests and the demolition of the effects of Akhenaten and his city and spotted the name of it, there are many theories about the fate of Akhenaten, however There is no compelling evidence of what happened to him after years of transition to his new capital, worth mentioning is the belief of some researchers that Akhenaton is the same Zulkarnaen mentioned in the Koran and his disappearance from Egypt was due to migration of the Report Digidp call, and although there is some strong evidence only that he can not say something.

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