Akhenaten

The legendary Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti's spouse, was born in Egypt. He was the eleventh pharaoh of ancient Egypt's eighteenth century. Modern academics mostly remembered Akhenaten for the new religion he founded that was centered on Aten, the sun god. Egyptian king Akhenaten passed away in about 1332 BC. Akhenaten became one of the most famous people in Ancient Egypt for bringing the worship of Aten, a facet of the sun deity, in place of the polytheistic system and reforming it. He was a firm believer that people should worship the sun, as seen by the artwork produced at the time. He was sure that art in this period demonstrated how much people may have valued light. He also built several temples for the public to worship this divinity. When they decided to become disciples of Aten, other people were also forced to alter their names.

Before being proclaimed king immediately after his father's passing, Akhenaten co-ruled with him for eight years. He was regarded as possessing all the abilities necessary to reign, and as the years went by, he continually changed Egyptian religion. Many of the items he had forced upon the populace were abandoned after his death, and the monuments he had erected were demolished. The populace resumed using their old family names and maintained their belief in the deities they had before prayed to before Aten. This made it clear that Akhenaten was an oppressor who did not care about his subjects and pushed them to uphold what he believed to be absolute and moral.

Born in: 1372 BC