Akhenaten

c. 1380–c. 1336 BCE

Egyptian pharaoh who imposed the worship of the sun disk Aten.

Akhenaten (c. 1380–c. 1336 BCE) was a pharaoh, born in Thebes and died in Amarna.

Known as

Pharaoh

Category

Leaders & Baddies

Born

c. 1380 BCE, Thebes

Died

c. 1336 BCE, Amarna

Alive at the same time as Akhenaten

• Tutankhamun c. 1341–c. 1323 BCE, pharaoh

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