Ancient Egypt: Akhenaten

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"Akhenaton ruled from 1353 to 1336 bc. His queen was Nefertiti, one of the most famous women in Egyptian history ... "

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King (1353–36 bce) of ancient Egypt of the 18th dynasty, who established a new cult dedicated to the Aton, the sun’s disk (hence his assumed name, Akhenaten, meaning “beneficial to Aton”).

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King Tut's father upended the religion, art, and politics of ancient Egypt, and then his legacy was buried amid a backlash. But today he endures as a symbol of change.

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Akhenaten was in effect taking the mythology out of Egyptian religion -in itself an amazing feat of abstract thought, for which he has been given too little credit - but was he necessarily putting something equally satisfying in its place? Was 'the criminal of Amarna', as he was later known, a prophet misunderstood by his contemporaries, or was he a visionary who was understood far too well?

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Akhenaten is a source of endless fascination and speculation - this often masks the fact that we actually know very little about him. Dr Kate Spence explores the enigmatic story of Egypt's 'heretic' king.