The city was founded by Akhenaten, a king who, along with his wife Nefertiti and his son, Tutankhamun, has captured the modern imagination as much as any other figure from ancient Egypt.

Which became quite a thing for the Ancient Egyptians ... Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, and had six daughters by him. She was renowned for her beauty and made famous ...

Located near the ancient capital of Thebes ... Known as the rebel or heretic king, Akhenaten restructured the Egyptian ...

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The end of Akhenaten's reign is cloaked in confusion ... or tokens of purity to accompany him into the afterlife? Icon of ancient Egypt, the teenage pharaoh’s funerary mask immortalizes ...

Some people liked how Akhenaten ruled but others didn't ... Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She is considered one of the most successful pharaohs.

Yet a few have never been located, including those of some of the most famed figures from ancient Egyptian history. The tomb of Akhenaten, for instance, the heretic pharaoh (and father of Tut ...

ancient Egyptian inscription What's in ... of the most unusual periods in Egyptian history. The pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, who assumed the throne about the time that ...

An ancient capital ... DeAgostini/Getty Images Once Egypt's largest city, it dates back to King Akhenaten’s father, Amenhotep III, who ruled during a golden age of the empire.

Ancient Egypt ... the Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple are some of Egypt's most famous archaeological sites. Its history includes a variety of famous pharaohs, such as Akhenaten, Tutankhamun ...

On this day, 101 years ago, archeologists unveiled the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun ... He was the son of Akhenaten, who while king introduced monotheism to society and introduced ...