Akhenaten had a very interesting and surprising life. He had many strengths and weaknesses, and very interesting biographical information. He also had many great accomplishments in his life.
Akhenaten’s biographical information is the most interesting pharaoh and he had the most interesting family out of all the pharaoh’s there ever was. Akhenaten’s wife was the famous queen Nefertiti, and it is said that his son was the most famous pharaoh but not a pharaoh with lots of accomplishments named King Tutankhamun or King Tut. Akhenaten’s birthday is unknown but we know he was born before 1353 B.C., and he was born in the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom era of Ancient Egypt. Akhenaten’s sister is said to be Queen Nefertiti and she was also called
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He died in 1316 B.C. His parents were pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. He had some other wives their names were Merytaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Kiya, and Mekytaten. Ancient Egypt Online says ”Queen Nefertiti bore six daughters for King Akhenaten, while two sons, including the famous King Tutankhamun, are believed to be born to the Pharaoh and one of his sisters.” He also had …show more content…
He started the a monotheistic religion. He stated that “There is only one god, I can approach him by day and night.” He was the first to believe in one god. He moved from Thebes to Amarna, and he lived there for 10 years. He boosted Amarna to 10,000 citizens. Most of the citizens were priests, traders, artisans, boatmen and their families. He built the widest road for chariot processions and stretched Amarna out to the far desert. The city had statues of him and decent housing. He ”Demanded that artist to draw a picture of him and his family with long necks sunken eyes, long necks, potbellies, weak, etc.” He had a disease called Marfan’s Syndrome which made him with long necks sunken eyes etc. Even though they had a great city, people were not that happy about the one monotheistic