Akhenaten

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Akhenaten was a revolutionary 18th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh best known for promoting the worship of the sun disk Aten and radically transforming traditional religion and art.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Akhenaten canonical 12
Amenhotep IV 2
Akhenaton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th Dynasty pharaoh
Amarna Period ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
alsoKnownAs Akhenaton
linked to: Akhenaten

Amenhotep IV
linked to: Akhenaten

Ikhnaton
linked to: Akhenaten
artReform elongated bodily proportions in art
more naturalistic royal depictions
artStyle Amarna art
associatedSite Amarna
associatedTemple Great Aten Temple at Amarna
attestedIn Amarna Letters
linked to: Amarna letters

boundary stelae of Akhetaten
birthName Amenhotep IV
linked to: Akhenaten
burialPlace Royal Tomb at Amarna
capitalCityFounded Akhetaten
linked to: Amarna

Amarna
child Ankhesenamun
Meketaten
Meritaten
Neferneferuaten Tasherit
Neferneferure
Setepenre
dynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
father Amenhotep III
knownFor Amarna artistic style
linked to: Amarna

establishing Atenism
religious revolution in ancient Egypt
legacy influenced later interpretations of monotheism
short-lived monotheistic or henotheistic experiment
mother Tiye
movedCapitalFrom Thebes
nameMeaning Effective for Aten
period New Kingdom of Egypt
possibleChild Tutankhamun
posthumousReputation heretic king
rebel against traditional gods
primaryDeityPromoted Aten
reignEnd c. 1336 BCE
reignStart c. 1353 BCE
religiousPolicy closure of traditional temples
promotion of Aten as supreme deity
suppression of Amun cult
royalTitularyChange changed name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten
spouse Kiya
Nefertiti
Tadukhipa
successor Neferneferuaten
Smenkhkare
Tutankhamun
timePeriod 14th century BCE

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Pharaonic Egypt majorPharaoh Akhenaten
Akhenaten birthName Amenhotep IV
linked to: Akhenaten
Akhenaten alsoKnownAs Amenhotep IV
linked to: Akhenaten
Akhenaten alsoKnownAs Ikhnaton
linked to: Akhenaten
Akhenaten alsoKnownAs Akhenaton
linked to: Akhenaten
Tutankhamun father Akhenaten
Philip Glass notableWork Akhnaten
linked to: Akhenaten
Amenhotep III successor Akhenaten
Amenhotep III child Akhenaten
Ashur-uballit I correspondedWith Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten
subject linked to: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I
linked to: Akhenaten
Abydos King List excludes Akhenaten
engaged in diplomacy with Mitanni hasNotableParticipant Pharaoh Akhenaten
linked to: Akhenaten
Amarna foundedBy Akhenaten
Amarna associatedWith Akhenaten
Ay servedUnder Akhenaten