Akhenaten

British  

/ ˌækəˈnɑːtən /

noun

1. original name Amenhotep IV. died ?1358 _bc , king of Egypt, of the 18th dynasty; he moved his capital from Thebes to Tell El Amarna and introduced the cult of Aten

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Example Sentences

Egypt accuses German archaeologists of smuggling the colourfully painted bust of Nefertiti, wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, out of the country more than a century ago.

From BBC

In “Advice From the Sun,” an enormous disc hangs like Pharaoh Akhenaten’s abstracted sun god between two gently rolling spheres.

From New York Times

His father is thought to have been the pharaoh Akhenaten, while his mother was his father’s sister, according to DNA testing.

From Washington Post

Akhenaten replaced him by elevating a sun god called Aten, who was previously only a minor religious figure.

From Scientific American

In the space of a generation, Akhenaten had created a city from scratch at el-Amarna for his new god, and prepared royal tombs for himself, his children along and his wives, including Nefertiti.

From New York Times