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Akhenaten
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A·khe·na·ton or A·khe·na·ten  (äk-nätn, äk-nätn) also Ikh·na·ton (k-nätn) Originally A·men·ho·tep IV (ämn-htp, mn-) Died c. 1358 b.c.
King of Egypt (1375?-1358?) who rejected the old gods and initiated a monotheistic worship of the sun-god Aton.
Akhenaten, Akhenaton [ˌækəˈnɑːtən]
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(Biographies / Akhenaten (death date: ?1358 bc) M, Egyptian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 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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Noun1.Akhenaten - early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)Akhenaten - early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)
Akhenaton, Amenhotep IV, Ikhanaton
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The discovery in 1989 of a collection of statues at Luxor established that even before his son Amenophis IV, better known as Akhenaton, the father of Tutankhamun, advocated monolatry, the worship of only one god, Amenophis III had already assimilated the theory, aligning himself with the Sun God Aton.
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