Akhenaten
Britishnoun
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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 ● Oct. 31, 2025
A century ago, archaeologists excavated a 3,300-year-old Egyptian palace in Amarna, which was fleetingly the capital of Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The following year, he changed his own name to Akhenaten, meaning “the transfigured spirit of the solar orb,” and moved himself and his entire family to the new city.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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 ● Nov. 4, 2022
Those of his officials who had accepted “the doctrine” were regarded by Akhenaten as deserving men, and on this ground alone, Ai, called Haya in the Amarna letters, received golden honours to the full.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)
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