Amenhotep IV

[ah-muhn-hoh-tep, am-uhn-]

noun

1. died 1357? b.c., king of Egypt 1375?–1357?: reformer of ancient Egyptian religion (son ofAmenhotep III ).

Amenhotep IV

noun

1. the original name of Akhenaten

Example Sentences

Amenhotep IV was probably an important guy who had 300,000 people building his tomb for 20 years.

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Tutankhamun was the son of a king, Amenhotep IV, who overturned this civilisation’s pantheon of animal-headed deities and replaced them with a new sun god, Aten.

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The opera, which debuted in 1984, tells the story of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, also known as Amenhotep IV, who introduced widespread religious changes to his dominion.

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When he died, his son and heir, Amenhotep IV, took the throne.

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Nefertiti and her husband, Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, had created a new state religion that rejected Egypt’s polytheism and worshipped the sun god, Aten, as the one true deity.

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