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The succession of kings at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt is a matter of great debate and confusion. There are very few contemporary records that can be relied upon, due to the nature of the Amarna Period and the reign of Akhenaten and his successors and possible co-regents.
The Egyptian (film) is a 1954 movie based on Waltari's novel depicting a fictionalized account of Atenism and Akhenaten. In the video game The Secret World , the Aten is a malevolent supernatural force that wants to destroy Egypt, and Akhenaten is a victim of its mind control .
Akhenaten became heir to the throne after Thutmose died during their father's reign. Egyptologists know very little about Akhenaten's life as prince Amenhotep. Donald B. Redford dates his birth before his father Amenhotep III's 25th regnal year, c. 1363–1361 BC , based on the birth of Akhenaten's first daughter, who was likely born fairly ...
His dad played a sax player in the movie alongside Denzel Washington as a jazz trumpeter. Many years later, in 2021, Jelani acted alongside his dad again in Coming 2 America. Akhenaten Kihwa-T Snipes.
The city of Akhetaten was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and abandoned shortly after his death in 1332 BC. [1] The name that the ancient Egyptians used for the city is transliterated as Akhetaten or Akhetaton , meaning " the horizon of the Aten ".
Akhenaten is depicted in an androgynous and highly stylized manner, with large thighs, a slim torso, drooping belly, full lips, and a long neck and nose. [2] Some believe that the break with convention was due to "the presence at Amarna of new people or groups of artists whose background and training were different from those of the Karnak ...
The Royal Tomb of Akhenaten is a multichambered tomb where members of the royal family, and possibly Akhenaten, were originally buried in the eastern mountains at Amarna near the Royal Wadi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Akhenaten ("Beneficial for Aten") [ 3 ] was an Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh who reigned for seventeen years (1355-1338 B.C.E.) from his capital ...
After his death, Akhenaten was succeeded by two short-lived pharaohs, Smenkhkare and Neferneferuaten, of which little is known. In 1334 Akhenaten's son, Tutankhaten, ascended to the throne: shortly after, he restored Egyptian polytheist cult and subsequently changed his name in Tutankhamun, in honor to the Egyptian god Amun. [9]