Akhenaten

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18th Dynasty pharaoh Amarna Period ruler ancient Egyptian pharaoh

Akhenaten was a revolutionary 18th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh best known for promoting the worship of the sun disk Aten and radically transforming traditional religion and art.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Akhenaten canonical 12
Amenhotep IV 2
Akhenaton 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th Dynasty pharaoh ⓘ
Amarna Period ruler ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Akhenaten ⓘ
surface form: Akhenaton

Akhenaten ⓘ
surface form: Amenhotep IV

Akhenaten ⓘ
surface form: Ikhnaton
artReform elongated bodily proportions in art ⓘ
more naturalistic royal depictions ⓘ
artStyle Amarna art ⓘ
associatedSite Amarna ⓘ
associatedTemple Great Aten Temple at Amarna ⓘ
attestedIn Amarna letters ⓘ
surface form: Amarna Letters

boundary stelae of Akhetaten ⓘ
birthName Akhenaten self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amenhotep IV
burialPlace Royal Tomb at Amarna ⓘ
capitalCityFounded Amarna ⓘ
surface form: Akhetaten

Amarna ⓘ
child Ankhesenamun ⓘ
Meketaten ⓘ
Meritaten ⓘ
Neferneferuaten Tasherit ⓘ
Neferneferure ⓘ
Setepenre ⓘ
dynasty 18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
father Amenhotep III ⓘ
knownFor Amarna ⓘ
surface form: Amarna artistic style

establishing Atenism ⓘ
religious revolution in ancient Egypt ⓘ
legacy influenced later interpretations of monotheism ⓘ
short-lived monotheistic or henotheistic experiment ⓘ
mother Tiye ⓘ
movedCapitalFrom Thebes ⓘ
nameMeaning Effective for Aten ⓘ
period New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
possibleChild Tutankhamun ⓘ
posthumousReputation heretic king ⓘ
rebel against traditional gods ⓘ
primaryDeityPromoted Aten ⓘ
reignEnd c. 1336 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 1353 BCE ⓘ
religiousPolicy closure of traditional temples ⓘ
promotion of Aten as supreme deity ⓘ
suppression of Amun cult ⓘ
royalTitularyChange changed name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten ⓘ
spouse Kiya ⓘ
Nefertiti ⓘ
Tadukhipa ⓘ
successor Neferneferuaten Tasherit ⓘ
surface form: Neferneferuaten

Smenkhkare ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pharaonic Egypt → majorPharaoh → Akhenaten ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt → hasNotableRuler → Akhenaten ⓘ
Amarna letters → associatedWithPharaoh → Akhenaten ⓘ
Akhenaten → birthName → Akhenaten self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amenhotep IV
Akhenaten → alsoKnownAs → Akhenaten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amenhotep IV
Akhenaten → alsoKnownAs → Akhenaten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ikhnaton
Akhenaten → alsoKnownAs → Akhenaten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akhenaton
Tutankhamun → father → Akhenaten ⓘ
Philip Glass → notableWork → Akhenaten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akhnaten
18th Dynasty of Egypt → hasPharaoh → Akhenaten ⓘ
Amenhotep III → successor → Akhenaten ⓘ
Amenhotep III → child → Akhenaten ⓘ
Amenhotep III → successorInArtAndReligion → Akhenaten ⓘ
Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I → correspondedWith → Akhenaten ⓘ
subject surface form: Ashur-uballit I
this entity surface form: Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten
Abydos King List → excludes → Akhenaten ⓘ
engaged in diplomacy with Mitanni → hasNotableParticipant → Akhenaten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaoh Akhenaten
Amarna → foundedBy → Akhenaten ⓘ
Amarna → associatedWith → Akhenaten ⓘ
Ay → servedUnder → Akhenaten ⓘ