Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ascending the throne, he turned away from traditional Egyptian ...

Until now, researchers believed that the city of Amarna (the Arabic name for the ancient city of Akhetaten), founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten in 1370 BCE, had been abandoned forever after its fall.

Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 BCE) was a pharaoh of 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt. He is also known as 'Akhenaton' or 'Ikhnaton' and also 'Khuenaten'. Tags: Akhenaten Egyptian guard Egypt ...

While Nefertiti’s family appeared to live in harmony, Egyptian culture, religion, politics, and economy were greatly disrupted, a marked shift from the stability of Akhenaten’s father.

Pharaoh Akhenaten ruled Egypt for 13 years, from 1355-1338 B.C.E. He is famous for openly rejecting the traditional Egyptian Gods and their priesthoods, in favor of worshipping just one of the ...

A statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV) at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. AFP via Getty Images. You are viewing 1 of 4 images Previous Image Next Image.

This city was built by the pharaoh Akhenaten (reign circa 1353 B.C. to 1336 B.C.), who tried to change Egypt's polytheistic religion by focusing it around the worship of the Aten, the sun disk.

Married to the Pharaoh Akhenaten, she was the queen of Ancient Egypt during a period of great wealth and was the mother of Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut.

A century ago, archaeologists excavated a 3,300-year-old Egyptian palace in Amarna, which was fleetingly the capital of Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten.