Akhenaten

Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was an ancient pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, he is the most famous ancient Egyptian Pharaoh with much controversy. His reign was unpopular due to the unpopular reforms that took place. The Egyptians were accustomed to worshiping a large number of gods, but Akhenaten attempted to change this religious tradition to monotheism, or the worship of only one god. This god is Aten, a type of sun god related to Ra. The people and future pharaohs were so saddened by this change that after Akhenaten's death, they destroyed his statues and reverted to their old ways of worship. He was removed from the list of kings and hardly a trace of him was found until his remains were discovered at Akhetaten.

The pharaoh never intended to be a ruler, Akhenaten was one of the New Kingdom's most controversial rulers who brought Egypt to the brink of bankruptcy through religious ideology and policy. mine. Originally named Amenhotep IV after his brother's sudden death, this young pharaoh challenged the religious beliefs of the time and unleashed a cultural, political, and religious revolution after He and his wife Queen Nefertiti began a course to redefine the way ordinary Egyptians worshiped.

• Duration of reign: 1351 BC – 1334 BC