@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ @paninid @Beachbum

#History #Egyptology #Echnaton
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...pharaohs are fascinating figures.

"Akhenaten's 1) monuments were dismantled and hidden, his statues were destroyed, and his name excluded from lists of rulers compiled by later pharaohs." 2)

He is also known as the #Heretic #Pharaoh.

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1)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ @paninid @Beachbum

#History #Egyptology #Echnaton
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"Akhenaten founded and moved his dynastic government to, #Akhetaten, referred to as either #Amarna, El-Amarna, or Tell el-Amarna by modern scholars." 2)

The new #religion and the new capital did not survive the #pharaoh's death.
His likely son, #Tutankhamun, born #Tutankhaten, moved the capital back to #Thebes and reinstated the #Amun 2) priesthood.3)

Both...

2)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten