Amenhotep IV, better known as “Akhenaton” is in
some respects the most remarkable of the
pharaohs.
Akhenaton is considered the founder of the first
monotheistic religion. He ruled from
approximately 1352 – 1336 B.C., coming into
power after his father, Amenhotep III, died.
Akhenaton’s reign left a profound effect on Egypt
and the entire world of his day. Thirteen hundred
years before Christ, he preached and lived the
gospel of perfect love, brotherhood, and truth.
Two thousand years before Muhammed, he taught
the doctrine of the “one God.” Three thousand
years before Darwin, he sensed the unity that
runs through all living things.
The account of Akhenaton is not complete
without the story of his beautiful wife, Nefertiti.
What is known is that the relationship between
Akhenaton and Nefertiti was one of history’s first
well-known love stories.
At the prompting of Akhenaton and Nefertiti,
sculptors and artists began to recreate life in its
natural state, instead of the rigid and lifeless
forms of early Egyptian art.
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