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Akhenaton. Visionary or Tyrant???. Visionary. Tyrant. Someone who is characterized by new ideas. An oppressive, harsh, ruler who governs without restrictions. Depictions of Family in Egyptian Art. Akhenaton, his Wife Nefertiti and Three daughters. Statue of Nykara and His Family.
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Akhenaton Visionary or Tyrant???
Visionary Tyrant Someone who is characterized by new ideas An oppressive, harsh, ruler who governs without restrictions
Depictions of Family in Egyptian Art Akhenaton, his Wife Nefertiti and Three daughters Statue of Nykara and His Family Study Blue. Last modified March 2004. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Akhenaten+And+His+Family&view=detail&id=8F0757365CEA5EEB2D3B278581BC83CCF55CB40C&FORM=IDFRIR
AKHENATEN’S HYMN TO ATEN Akhenaton Born Amonhotep IV Spent his reign changing Egyptian religion Opposed the worship of Amon-Re (sun god) Sponsored the worship of Aton Became Akhenaton (he who serves Aton) Aten – the Sun Disk with protruding rays that have hands Symbol Ankh. Last modified Nov 21, 2010. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=akhenatons+egyptian+art&view=detail&id=128828B9DDC8307929476BA03F213CD6292070F5&FORM=IDFRIR BBC History, Ancient Egyptian Gods Gallery, Aten, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/gods_gallery_11.shtml (Feb. 29, 2012); British
Reforms • Closed the temples of all other gods and took their possessions (first monotheist? – not really because the people still worshipped the pharaoh) • Built a new capitol far north called Akhetaton (in the desert!) • Complete and shocking break with religious tradition! • Left him little time to govern – Empire suffered from neglect
Temple at Amarna University College London, Digital Egypt for Universities, Amarna: the main temple, 2002, http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/amarna/temple.html (Feb. 29, 2012).
Wife Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Relief of Nefertiti, 2012, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/61.117 (Feb. 29, 2012).