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'''Akhenaten''' ( | '''Akhenaten''' (died. 1336/1334 BCE), also known as '''Amenhotep IV''', was a pharaoh of the {{Wiki|Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt}} during the {{Wiki|Amarna Period}}. He was married to [[Nefertiti]] and was the father of [[Meritaten]] and [[Tutankhamun]], and possibly [[Smenkhkare]], his successor.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | ||
Akhenaten at some point acquired an [[Akhenaten's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]], which he associated with [[Aten]], the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology. Revering the Apple's power, he and his wife Nefertiti introduced a new monotheistic religion to Egypt centered around "Aten".<ref name="CotP">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref> As a result, many Egyptians were forced to celebrate their gods in secret.<ref name="ACO"/> | Akhenaten at some point acquired an [[Akhenaten's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]], which he associated with [[Aten]], the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology. Revering the Apple's power, he and his wife Nefertiti introduced a new monotheistic religion to Egypt centered around "Aten".<ref name="CotP">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref> As a result, many Egyptians were forced to celebrate their gods in secret.<ref name="ACO"/> | ||
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Akhenaten (died. 1336/1334 BCE), also known as Amenhotep IV, was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the Amarna Period. He was married to Nefertiti and was the father of Meritaten and Tutankhamun, and possibly Smenkhkare, his successor.[1]
Akhenaten at some point acquired an Apple of Eden, which he associated with Aten, the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology. Revering the Apple's power, he and his wife Nefertiti introduced a new monotheistic religion to Egypt centered around "Aten".[2] As a result, many Egyptians were forced to celebrate their gods in secret.[1]
Following his death, his monuments were dismantled and hidden, his statues were destroyed, and his name excluded from the king lists, all in an attempt to erase him from Egyptian history.
In 38 BCE Akhenaten's spirit, alongside those of his wife and son, Tutankhamun, and the Great Pharaoh Ramesses II, were seemingly returned to the world of the living by the God's Wife of Amun, Isidora, who had possession of the Aten.
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Concept art of Akhenaten
Trivia
- Akhenaten's original name, Amenhotep, meant Amun is Satisfied, while the name which he took reflect the new religion he created, meaning Effective for the Aten.
- Akhenaten's legacy, both in-game and in real life, was short-lived. Akhenaten's alleged sons, Tutankhamun and Smenkhkare, both chose to reject his monothestic worship of the Aten. Whilst Tutankhamun, in-game, chose to relinquish completely the relic of his father, Smenkhkare instead chose to found the Order of the Ancients in deference to the "gods" Akhenaten had abandoned.
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