Akhenaten, New Kingdom Egyptian Pharaoh

Caption Colossal sandstone statue of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton Akhenaten known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled for years and died in BC or BC He is especially noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the Aten which is sometimes described as monotheistic or henotheistic Modern interest in Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti comes partly from his connection with Tutankhamun partly from the unique style and high quality of the pictorial arts he patronized and partly from ongoing interest in the religion he attempted to establish