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How did akhenaten become pharaoh

The new king was crowned as Amenhotep IV (meaning 'Amun is content') and temple construction and decoration projects began immediately in the name of the new king.

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Pharaoh named for the sun god

Find out more about how the Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV) established a new religion in Egypt and created a new capital city.


Who was akhenaten’s wife known for her beauty and whose name means "a beautiful woman has come"?

Akhenaten (alternatively Akhnaten, Akhenaton, Akhnaton, Ikhnaton, and so on), also known as Amenhotep IV at the start of his reign, was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.
How old was akhenaten when he died
In the 5th year of his reign, Amenhotep IV outlawed the old Egyptian religion and proclaimed himself the living incarnation of a single all-powerful deity known as Aten and, by the 9th year, he had closed all the temples and suppressed religious practices.