Akhenaten: The Pharaoh Of Egypt

Akhenaten Akhenaten was the Pharaoh of Egypt for 17 years during the Eighteenth Dynasty which took place from 1352 to 1336 B.C. He was born the son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tyie. His was originally named after his father, Amenhotep IV, but decided to change his name during the fifth year of his reign. During that year he changed his name to Akhenaten, which means “horizon of the sun,” or can also be translated to “He who is of service to Aten.” He had six daughters, Merytaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten-tasharit, Neferneferure, and Sotepenpre. Akhenaten was also suspected of having two more sons, Smenkhkare who succeeded him on the thrown, and Tutankhamun whom reigned after his brother. Both sons were born from different mothers. His first wife Neferiti, who was renamed to Nefernefruaten by the Pharaoh Akhenaten, which translated, means “beautiful is the beauty of Aten,” was also known as the “great royal wife” during the early years of his reign. He also had 3 consorts during
It is possible that Akhenaten had the artist distort his body to make him appear disproportional, but some theories suggest that he may have been in fact, a woman, a hermaphrodite, or some other complicated intersexual condition. In many of the artistic pieces, he is depicted with very wide hips, an abnormally large belly, with skinny limbs, giving him a very awkward appearance. For whatever the reason may be for him he was depicted this way, has created many controversial theories that may never be determined. Although Akhenaten’s mummy has been examined by many investigators, we cannot assume these theories to be true because there is no clear evidence to prove it. However, it has been suggested that the physical forms of Akhenaten and his family may have been altered because he did have complete creative control of how he and his family were portrayed through the