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The Pharaoh Who
Worshiped One God

Akhenaten was an Egyptian pharaoh. god of NEWS
He owned a very big palace located the sun, REPORT
at Thebes, which covered 80 acres. from the
His father was Amenhotep III and beginning but
his mother was Queen Tiye. He ruled later on, they be-
Egypt from 1351 B.C till 1334 B.C and gan to worship the
his reign lasted for 17 years. Aten or the sun disc.

The Egyptians believed in many gods Akhenaten was a unique
and goddesses. They would often cre- pharaoh in more ways than
ate gods that were part animal and part human. The one. He was not like other pharaohs. No one
gods and goddesses they worship represent the sun, knew him well and there is not much mention
river, sky, etc. The Egyptians depended on gods. about his childhood. He never appeared in his
father’s monuments. As we see in pictures, phar-
One day Akhenaten closed the great temple of aohs are usually very strong, powerful, brave and
Amon, the supreme god of Egypt also known as the good-looking but Akhenaten was none of that.
king of gods. Amenhotep IV wanted to wipe out
Amon’s name completely from the whole of Egypt. The cause of Akhenaten’s death was very unusual.
He removed the name of Amon from the temples He died in 1334 B.C in the 17th year of his reign.
and had his men destroy any mention of “the gods”. No one knows how exactly he died. It’s unclear
He only believed in one God who was the sun. whether his remains have ever been located. The
royal tomb intended for Akhenaten did not con-
Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten tain a royal burial, which prompts the question;
which meant “The Glorified Spirit of the Aten” and what happened to his body?
he established a new cult dedicated to Aton, the sun’s D Saanvi Karki
disc. The Egyptians had already started worshiping Re,

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