Akhenaten: The Pharaoh Who Chose the Sun

Akhenaten, born Amenhotep, rose to the Egyptian throne in the mid-14th century BC and radically promoted the sun disk Aten as the state religion, changed his name, and built a new capital at Amarna.His reforms centralized power, transformed art and worship, and were reversed after his death, yet they remain one of ancient Egypt’s most dramatic and debated episodes.