Akhenaten Abolishing the Old Gods to Worship the Sun Disk, the Aten, Exclusively
During the mid-14th century BCE, Pharaoh Akhenaten initiated a revolutionary religious shift in Ancient Egypt, abandoning the traditional polytheistic pantheon headed by Amun in favor of the exclusive worship of the Aten, the radiant sun disk. He established a new capital at Akhetaten and introduced a naturalistic style of art that broke from centuries of rigid tradition. This era, known as...