She concentrated on the development of the concept of Amun-Re, divine oracles, personal piety, ideology of kingship and religious festivals. The emphasis Hatshepsut made on Amun was profound as she developed new ideas of theology that correlate with the divine nature of Aum-Re and the roles he possessed in society. Amun was seen as a god who expressed his will, thus calling people to develop personal piety in their daily lives. The ideology of kingship developed by Hatshepsut was one that addresses the legitimacy of her reign and the strengthening of her relationship to the god Amun; pharaohs that followed Hatshepsut, adapted aspects of her divine birth to suit their reign and communicate their descendance from Amun. The pharaoh stressed the oracle of Amun-Re and how Egyptians could consult with the god during religious festive processions.
Ramses ii was born during the old kingdom in 1303 BCE. Ramses ii reigned and changed Ancient Egypt for 67 years, before he died a successful life at the age of 97 in 1213 BCE. His father was the Pharaoh Seti I and his mother was Queen Tuya. Ramses ii became Pharaoh of Egypt at the age of 25 when his father died in 1279 BCE (the same year Ramses ii was crowned Pharaoh). During Ramses ii reign he led Egyptian militaries against many enemy such as the Hittites, Libyans, Syrians and Nubians.
During the reign of the New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep IV, also called Akhenaten, the art of ancient Egypt underwent a considerable change. This is unsurprising given the fact that the shift throughout Egypt in culture and religion was so immense. So, logically, it follows that the stylistic choices in art during that time period would alter significantly. In order to fully understand the extent to which the artists active during the reign of Akhenaten revolutionized art, it is very important to compare the work of that time period with some of the art created during other prevalent eras in ancient Egypt.
Akhenaten is one of the most interesting and controversial pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, having reigned in the time of the New Kingdom, ruling from 1353 to 1336 BC. He was a member of the 18th dynasty, and had very influential family members, such as his father Amenhotep III, his great royal wife Nefertiti and his son and heir Tutankhamun. But during his seventeen-year reign he made many changes to the traditional norm and was considered a heretic, and his reign was deemed a failure to some extent. Although, he is considered remarkable for his ideas of art and architecture. Unlike his family members, he was not considered as prominent in increasing New Kingdom Egypt’s prosperity, and after his death information about him was covered up and his son Tutankhamun took to the throne and him and future pharaohs started reverting back to how things were before Akhenaten’s reign.
Naram Sin, Augustus and Akhenaton were three different rulers who veered off the common traditions of the time periods they lived in. Naram Sin was different from other Mesopotamian ruler in that he asserted his power through claiming himself as a God. Akhenaton attempted to religiously convert Ancient Egypt from a religion with a wide set of Gods to a single God, the Aten. Augustus portrayed himself as a perfect human being who would bring the height of Rome. Naram Sin, Augustus, and Akhenaten were ancient rulers from different time periods, yet they were similar in that they all shifted away from their era’s traditional beliefs and artworks.
Akhenanten IV was the son of Amenhotep III and his queen Tiye. Akhenaten came to power in the 1353 BCE and reign in the eighteenth dynasty. Akhenaten was crowned Amenhotep IV and was left behind with a prosperous land. Akhenaten ruled Egypt in a way it had never been ruled before. He transformed centuries of polytheism into monotheism, relocated the capital of Egypt, and “created” a new style of art.
Akhenaten Hello did you ever wondered why akhenaten is so important and the best pharaoh ever. well here is why. Akhenaten is the best Pharaoh thebes and he changed Ancient Egypt because Akhenaten was never a bossy pharaoh and he also was loved I know that because ‘’he succeeded on being placed in a Pyramid which was a huge honor at the time” third of all he build the city of amarna which made him both thebes and Pharaoh.
Even though this happened, Akhenaten is still important in history because he change Egypt from polytheistic to monotheistic, built seven structures at Karnack including the temple “Rud-menu” and Gempaaten, and made a new capital called Amarna and it was based off the sun. He was born in 1380 B.C. and in Egypt. He lived in a land that everyone was worshipping the god Amun. Amun was the most worshipped god in this time period He was said to be deformed and had Marfan’s syndrome there was a 50-50 chance that his children would get it too. His face and others body parts were elongated and he was shaped like a woman.
During the New Kingdom Egypt, the 18th dynasty gave way to religious, social, and political tensions due to the changes in the religious beliefs and practices. The most significant of these changes came from the reign of Akhenaten, formally Amenhotep IV, who religious reform to monotheistic beliefs caused upheaval in both Egypt and its allies. One of the most prominent tensions caused by Akhenaten’s conversion to monotheism was with the religious powers of ancient Egypt New Kingdom (1570 BCE-1051 BCE) specifically, the religious cult of Amun. The Cult of Amun was the most powerful religious cult in the New Kingdom, with the god coming into prominence at the start of the 18th dynasty as the new king of the gods, however, was mentioned in religious
Akhenaten's Sed festival seemingly acted as the christening of a new age, and most Egyptologists recognize a connection to the “theocracy of Aten.” When Akhenaten made his move to Thebes and celebrated the Sed, he broke with the identity of Egypt itself and began the Amarna Period, a radical departure from nearly 1,500 years of recorded Egyptian
Pharaoh Amenhotep III really took to the idea that he was a god among mortals. Akhenaten was the successor of Amenhotep III and was known for his extreme reforms and unpopular rules. He did do much good for Egypt but he is known for the more controversial acts he did than the good. Horemheb was the last Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. He was not from Amenhotep’s family and was known for his reversal of religious ideas of those who came before him, such as Amenhotep and
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.
He only wanted to worship one god. He changed Egypt from a polytheism country to a mono theism country. Akhenaten use to worship many of the egyptian gods and he only liked to worship the sun god Re. He changed it to Am- Re.
The ancient Egyptians believed that people and nature are ruled by powerful gods. As Taylor says in his book “Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt”, the Egyptians believed that the universe consisted of three types of beings: the gods, the living, and the dead. Egyptians connected everything happening in their life in terms of relationship between
One of the biggest changes Akhenaten made was shifting the primary worship away from the god Amun, and focused on the god of the sun, Aten. His father also ordered the images of other Egyptian gods be destroyed, which upset many Egyptians. After giving the order to destroy all images, Akhenaten also had the temples of the different gods destroyed or closed. Although the Egyptian people were probably happy to hear of Akhenaten’s death, his young son was not ready to ascend to the throne (“King Tut”
