Akhenaten

For other uses, see Akhenaten (disambiguation).

Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV

Amenophis IV, Naphu(`)rureya, Ikhnaton^[1]

Statue of Akhenaten in typical Amarna style.

Pharaoh of Egypt

Reign

1353 BC – 1336 BC^[2] or
1351– 1334 BC^[3]
, 18th Dynasty

Predecessor

Amenhotep III

Successor

Smenkhkare?

Royal titulary

Consort(s)

Nefertiti, Kiya, Meritaten, Ankhesenpaaten

Children

Smenkhkare? Meritaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Neferneferure, Setepenre, Tutankhamun, Ankhesenpaaten-ta-sherit?

Father

Amenhotep III

Mother

Tiye

Died

1336 or 1334 BC

Burial

Royal Tomb of Akhenaten^[6]

Monuments

Akhetaten, Gempaaten, Hwt-Benben

Akhenaten (often alt: Akhnaten, or rarely Ikhnaton)^[1] meaning Effective spirit of Aten, first known as Amenhotep IV (sometimes read as Amenophis IV and meaning Amun is Satisfied) before his first year (died 1336 BC or 1334 BC), was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is especially noted for attempting to compel the Egyptian population in the monotheistic worship of Aten, although there are doubts as to how successful he was at this. He was born to Amenhotep III and his Chief Queen Tiye and was their younger son. Akhenaten was not originally designated as the successor to the throne until the untimely death of his older brother, Thutmose.

Amenhotep IV succeeded his father after Amenhotep III's death at the end of his 38-year reign, possibly after a short coregency lasting between either 1 to 2 years. Suggested dates for Akhenaten's reign (subject to the debates surrounding Egyptian chronology) are from 1353 BC-1336 BC or 1351 BC–1334 BC. Akhenaten's chief wife was Nefertiti, made world-famous by the discovery of her exquisitely moulded and painted bust, now displayed in the Altes Museum of Berlin, and among the most recognised works of art surviving from the ancient world.

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