Akhenaten

	Amenhotep
	Human
	Egypt
	Set Piece

Pharaoh Akhenaten, formerly Amenhotep, was a king 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 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 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)

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)

Behind the Scenes

• 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.
• Although unmentioned, he was also the father of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Of the same dynasty, Amenhotep II was his great-grandfather.