AkhenatonCameron Moore & Isaac Miller

Info

Period: 1353-1335 B.C. (Amarna)

His real name is Amenhotep IV

Statue of Akhenaton who worshipped Aton

Found in the Temple of Aton in Karnak, Egypt-13ft tall-made of sandstone

Called Aton the universal/only god

Info II

He emptied the great temples which angered Priests and moved the capital from Thebes to Akhenaton

Akhenaton is now called “Amarna”

Info III

He claimed to be the son of Aton

Artists represented Aton as a sun disc giving off rays of light

Pharaohs who came after him restored all the other gods/temples

Info IV

His body is shaped femininely which is strange for the time/misshapen

Doctors say it means that he had an illness

Doctors could be wrong because the artist could have made the androgynous and represent Aton

Opinoins

Important that it was made because it tells us that the brief revolution changed artwork for a short time.

Must have been heavy to wear the headdress.

What’s in his stomach?