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Amarna Period
1358–1336 BC period of the Egyptian 18th Dynasty
Amarna Period
The Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the later half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen shifted from the old capital of Thebes (Waset) to Akhetaten (literally "Horizon of the Aten") in what is now modern Amarna. This move occurred during the reign of Amenhotep IV, who changed his name to Akhenaten (1353–1336 BC) in order to reflect the dramatic change of Egypt's polytheistic religion into one where the sun disc Aten was worshipped over all other gods. The Amarna period had four reigning kings: Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Neferneferuaten, and Tutankhamun, though the Amarna period ended soon after Tutankhamun came to power. A leading theory suggests Smenkhkare reigned as co-regent alongside Akhentaten towards the end of Akhenaten's reign, but any possibility of his sole reign has not been confirmed. Neferneferuaten was a female ruler (theorized to be the wife of Smenkhkare or Nefertiti, the wife of Akhenaten) who supposedly succeeded...
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