They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King ...

When Amenhotep III dies, he is succeeded by his second son, Amenhotep IV—a bizarre visionary who turns away from Amun and the other gods of the state pantheon and worships instead a single deity ...

Amenhotep III's son, Amenhotep IV, took a different approach during his reign. Also known as Akhenaten, he took a more religious approach and abandoned the royal seat at Thebes and the ...

Astonishingly, the order to commit this blasphemy came from the king's own son. Crowned Amenhotep IV, he changed his name to Akhenaten in his fifth year on the throne and focused his energies on ...

He was the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty and ruled during a heyday of expansion and monumental construction, which included such famous figures as Amenhotep IV (with Nefertiti) and Tutankhamun.