Akhenaten
History, Fantasy, and Ancient Egypt
by Dominic Montserrat
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appears in Ancient Egypt, History, and Nonfiction.
The pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt in the midfourteenth century BCE, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in Egyptian history. Often called the originator of monotheism and the world's first recorded individual, he has fascinated and inspired both scholars of Egyptology and creative talents as diverse as Sigmund Fr...
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