2a-+Akenaten

=**King Akhenaten- Catherine Hayes**=  **Birth Name** :  Amenhotep ** Throne Name **: Akhenaten ** Kingdom Age **: New Kingdom **Years (birth-death):**  born between 1362 BC and 1379 BC and died between 1334-1332 BC  ** Buried **: The location of the bodies of Akhenaten but it i believed that he may be the unidentified mummy found in the Valley of Kings ** Predecessor **: His f ather Amerhotep III ** Successor **: Smenkhkara  First person recorded to have worshiped 1 god, the sun god, Aten. He had every monument defaced if it had another gods name on it. Everyone was outraged at him and Aten,his god, was no loner practiced after his death. The story of Akhenaten and his name itself was erased efficiently from Egyptian history, and he was referred to as 'that heretic' or 'rebel' Akhenaten's religious beliefs lost Egypt the empire, because he didn't care about the other provinces. As a result Egypt lost territories in Nubia and Syria Known as the Heretic King Sources: //Akhenaten//. 2001-2009. Web. 18 Oct. 2009. . //Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten//. 2007. Web. 18 Oct. 2009. .
 * Dynasty **: 18th Dynasty: 1350 - 1334 BC
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