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If Smenkhkare outlived Akhenaten, and became sole pharaoh, he likely ruled Egypt for less than a year. The next successor was Nefertiti [145] or Meritaten [146] ruling as Neferneferuaten, reigning in Egypt for about two years. [147] She was, in turn, probably succeeded by Tutankhaten, with the country being administered by the vizier and future ...
Atenism, also known as the Aten religion, [1] the Amarna religion, [2] the Amarna revolution, and the Amarna heresy, was a religion in ancient Egypt. It was founded by Akhenaten, a pharaoh who ruled the New Kingdom under the Eighteenth Dynasty. [3]
As pharaoh, Akhenaten was considered the 'high priest' or even a prophet of the Aten, and during his reign was one of the main propagators of Atenism in Egypt. After the death of Akhenaten, Tutankhamun reinstated the cult of Amun, and the ban on the state worship of non-Atenism deities was lifted in favor of a return to the traditional ancient ...
The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and Its People. London: Thames & Hudson. Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike. 1991. A Bibliography of the Amarna Period and Its Aftermath: The Reigns of Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamun, and Ay (c. 1350–1321 BC). London: Kegan Paul International. Murnane, William J. 1995. Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt.
The Eighteenth Dynasty spanned the period from 1550/1549 to 1292 BC. This dynasty is also known as the Thutmoside Dynasty [1]: 156 ) for the four pharaohs named Thutmose. Several of Egypt's most famous pharaohs were from the Eighteenth Dynasty, including Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
Their rule, and the independence of Egypt, came to an end when Egypt became a province of Rome in 30 BCE. Augustus and subsequent Roman emperors were styled as Pharaoh when in Egypt until the reign of Maximinus Daza in 314 AD. The dates given in this list of pharaohs are approximate.
Discovered in Egypt in 1912 by German archaeologists, her 3,300-year-old stucco-coated limestone bust went on display in 1924. ... As the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti played a major role ...
The term pharaoh, originally the name of the king's palace, became a form of address for the person who was king during his reign (c. 1479 –1425 BC). [ 12 ] Widely considered a military genius by historians, Thutmose III conducted at least 16 campaigns in 20 years. [ 13 ]