Akhenaten's reign was marked by significant changes, including the shift from polytheism to Atenism, centered on a single God, Aten, and the relocation of the capital from Thebes to Akhetaten.

Nefertiti and Pharoah Nana Akenten‵s Ancient Egypt This famous black woman whose statue is often seen circulating the world is said to be born in 1370 BC and died in 1330 BC. Nefertiti was a queen ...

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 ...

She and her husband promoted the earliest known form of monotheism, Atenism, centered on the sun disc. With her husband, she reigned, witnessing and co-authoring perhaps the richest and most ...

In 1911, Borchardt won the support of James Simon, a wealthy art collector who founded the German Oriental Society, to finance an excavation at the site where Atenism —arguably the world’s ...

Akhil Gupta’s Bridges Across Humanity explores the often-overlooked commonalities woven through the world’s major religions. The author explores the shared values and wisdom that bring us ...

Akhenaten: his message of 'Atenism offered little to people who wanted the comfort of a god who could be approached by anyone, even in their own home', thought Kemp Credit: Alamy ...

Why did Akhenaten change Egypt’s religion to Atenism? Akhenaten’s motives remain unknown, due to scant evidence. The beliefs of Atenism have to be surmised from the surviving iconography and the words ...

Article citations More>> Budge, W. (1923). Tutankhamen, Amenism, Atenism and Egyptian Monotheism, with Hieroglyphic Texts of Hymns to Amen and Aten. M. Hopkinson. has been cited by the following ...