Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ...

A limestone stela at the Neues Museum features Akhenaten and Nefertiti with three of their daughters beneath the sun god Aten. In Amarna stelae like this were erected as shrines in elite residences.

Nefertiti is one of the most fascinating Egyptian rulers in history. She was a queen, but also a priestess - and might have ...

(Akhenaten was the "rebel" pharaoh who established the world's first monotheistic religion, based on a belief in the Aten, or sun disk.) Notice the meticulous carving of hair in this detail from ...

Some people liked how Akhenaten ruled but others didn't. He outlawed all of the gods except for one called Aten. The people were very unhappy with this change and, after Akhenaten's death ...