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'''Akhenaten''', formerly '''Amenhotep''', was the [[Pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] in the [[BC|14th century BC]].
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[[Pharaoh]] '''Akhenaten''', formerly '''Amenhotep''', was a [[king]] of [[Egypt]] in the [[BC|14th century BC]].


When Amenhotep was born he was named in honour of the [[god]] [[Amun]] like his father, the pharaoh before him. His reign began ca. 1373 BC. He came to worship the [[Aten]], changed his name to Akhenaten, and outlawed the worship of all other gods. He moved the capital of Egypt from [[Thebes]] to the hastily constructed [[Akhetaten]] in [[Amarna]]. In 1366 BC, seven years into his reign, [[Ace]] joined with the outlawed cult of [[Sutekh|Set]] to remove him from power. She kidnapped Akhenaten but he convinced her that he was no more a tyrant than any other pharaoh and that she was being used. ([[NA]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'')
When Amenhotep was born he was named in honour of the [[god]] [[Amun]] like his father, the pharaoh before him. His reign began c. 1373 BC. He came to worship the [[Aten]], changed his name to Akhenaten, and outlawed the worship of all other gods. He moved the capital of Egypt from [[Thebes]] to the hastily constructed [[Akhetaten]] in [[Amarna]].
:''the dates are as given in the novel''


In 1334 BC, he was the husband of [[Queen]] [[Nefertiti]] who considered him a human sleeping potion. She referred to him as Amenhotep. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
In 1366 BC, seven years into Akhenaten's reign, [[Ace]] joined with the outlawed cult of [[Sutekh|Set]] to remove him from power. She kidnapped Akhenaten but he convinced her that he was no more a tyrant than any other pharaoh and that she was being used. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'')


== Behind the Scenes ==
In 1334 BC, he was the husband of [[Queen]] [[Nefertiti]], who considered him a human sleeping potion. She referred to him as Amenhotep. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
* ''Set Piece'' uses the date "1366" only once and later indicates it is the seventh year of his reign. The decade is wrong. His 17 year reign can be dated slightly different by different Egyptologists but the seventh year and the new capital would indicate she meant either 1346 or 1344. 1346 would mean a reign of 1353-1336 which doesn't agree with the dating in ''Dinosaurs on a Spaceship''.
 
* He should actually be Amenhotep IV, having followed an [[Amenhotep II]] and his father whose name is hinted at. Neither story adds the number and he shouldn't be Amenhotep at all in ''Dinosaurs on a Spaceship''.
Akhenaten was resurrected with a pot-bellied body in the [[City of the Saved]]. He represnted [[Iunu District]] in the [[Chamber of Residents]]. During the [[City of the Saved Civil War|Civil War]], [[Lucius Cassius Ignotus]] tasked Akhenaten with finishing the job he had started in his first life: eliminating faith in the [[Osirian pantheon]]. Akhenaten personally oversaw the arrests of all [[Remake]]s of Egyptian gods; the Remakes were then transported to a "[[relocation camp]]" run by Akhenaten. However, Akhenaten couldn't bring himself to imprison a Remake of Aten. When Akhenaten gave Ignotus a tour of the camp, Ignotus was killed by the presence of Aten. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'')
* Although unmentioned, he was also the father of [[Tut-Ankh-Amen]]. Of the same dynasty, Amenhotep II was his great-grandfather.
 
Akhenaten was absorbed by the [[Anonymity]] and later restored to life in the second City of the Saved. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[God Encompasses (short story)|God Encompasses]]'')


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Akhenaten, formerly Amenhotep, was the Pharaoh of Egypt in the 14th century BC.

When Amenhotep was born he was named in honour of the god Amun like his father, the pharaoh before him. His reign began c. 1373 BC. He came to worship the Aten, changed his name to Akhenaten, and outlawed the worship of all other gods. He moved the capital of Egypt from Thebes to the hastily constructed Akhetaten in Amarna.

In 1366 BC, seven years into Akhenaten's reign, Ace joined with the outlawed cult of Set to remove him from power. She kidnapped Akhenaten but he convinced her that he was no more a tyrant than any other pharaoh and that she was being used. (PROSE: Set Piece)

In 1334 BC, he was the husband of Queen Nefertiti, who considered him a human sleeping potion. She referred to him as Amenhotep. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Akhenaten was resurrected with a pot-bellied body in the City of the Saved. He represnted Iunu District in the Chamber of Residents. During the Civil War, Lucius Cassius Ignotus tasked Akhenaten with finishing the job he had started in his first life: eliminating faith in the Osirian pantheon. Akhenaten personally oversaw the arrests of all Remakes of Egyptian gods; the Remakes were then transported to a "relocation camp" run by Akhenaten. However, Akhenaten couldn't bring himself to imprison a Remake of Aten. When Akhenaten gave Ignotus a tour of the camp, Ignotus was killed by the presence of Aten. (PROSE: A Hundred Words from a Civil War)

Akhenaten was absorbed by the Anonymity and later restored to life in the second City of the Saved. (PROSE: God Encompasses)