Before the fifth year of his reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp, meaning " Amun is satisfied", Hellenized as Amenophis IV). As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted for abandoning traditional ancient Egyptian religion of polytheism and introducing Atenism, or worship centered around Aten.

Akhenaten (“He who is of service to the Aten” or “Effective Spirit of Aten”) is one of the most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt, despite the attempts of later rulers to omit him from the lists of kings. He began his reign under the name Amenhotep IV (“Amun is satisfied”).

2025年1月17日 · One series of reliefs shows Amenhotep IV at the celebration of his jubilee, a ceremony normally observed by kings of the New Kingdom (c. 1539–c. 1077 bce) only beginning in their 30th regnal year. One temple at Karnak shows only Nefertiti as the primary officiant before the Aton, sometimes accompanied by Meritaton—an unprecedented privilege ...

Akhenaten came to the throne of Egypt around 1353 BC. The reign of his father, Amenhotep III, had been long and prosperous with international diplomacy largely replacing the relentless military...

2014年4月17日 · By the time of Amenhotep IV, the cult of Amun owned more land than the king. In the 5th year of his reign, Amenhotep IV outlawed the old Egyptian religion and proclaimed himself the living incarnation of a single all-powerful deity known as Aten and, by the 9th year, he had closed all the temples and suppressed religious practices. The ...

King Akhenaten was born to Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. Akhenaten's wife is believed to have, at the very least, been a relative and most likely his half-sister, Nefertiti. It was a common, and expected, tradition among ancient Egyptian pharaohs, for the …

2021年7月13日 · Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (c. 1379-1336 BCE), also known as Amenhotep IV, is most famous for being perhaps the first monotheist Egyptian ruler, or for that matter the first monotheist ruler of the ancient world.

Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) (about 1351-1334 BC) King of the 18th Dynasty. Son of Amenhotep III and queen Tiy. Called Amenhotep at birth, the king changed his name to Akhenaten in the sixth year of his reign. In the same year he created a new city as royal residence and dedicated it …

Akhenaten is one of Egypt's most well-known pharaohs. In the fifth year of his reign, he changed his name from Amenhotep IV, meaning "Amun is satisfied". He did this because he left Egypt's traditional polytheism. He founded a monotheistic worship of the Egyptian sun god, Aten. He destroyed the temples of Amun. His new religion was called Atenism.

In the fifth year of his reign, the king declared his new religion by changing his name from Amenhotep (“Amun is Pleased”) to Akhenaten, or “Servant of the Aten.” He moved his capital from Thebes to a place now called Tell el-Amarna or Amarna, over 200 miles (300 km) north, on a desert bay on the east side of the Nile River.