Pharaoh Akhenaten, The God of Light (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #4)
By A.J. Carmichael
Length10h 8m
About this audiobook
For over two millennia, the gods of Egypt ruled in harmonious plurality—Amun, Re, Ptah, and countless others sustaining the rhythms of life along the Nile. Then came Akhenaten. He dared to do what no Egyptian king had attempted: to silence the chorus of gods and proclaim one god alone, Aten, the radiant sun disk. His vision reshaped religion, art, politics, and even the cityscape itself, with the founding of a dazzling new capital, Amarna. Yet his revolution burned bright and brief. Within a generation, his god was cast down, his temples dismantled, and his memory cursed. This book explores the drama of Akhenaten's reign in all its facets—his inheritance from Amenhotep III's golden age, his clash with the powerful priesthood of Amun, the radical art and theology of Amarna, and the swift collapse of Atenism after his death. Drawing on archaeology, history, and cultural memory, it reveals how Akhenaten's bold experiment stands as both precursor and warning to later monotheisms.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length10 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 3, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Pharaoh Akhenaten, The God of Light (Ancient Egypt: Kings, Queens, and Dynasties, #4)
7Chapter 6: Diplomacy and the Amarna Letters
2Chapter 1: Egypt Before the Revolution – Amenhotep III’s Age of Splendor
8Chapter 7: Suppression of the Old Gods
3Chapter 2: Akhenaten’s Early Reign
9Chapter 9: Comparative Monotheisms
4Chapter 3: Amarna and the City of the Sun
10Chapter 10: Legacy of Akhenaten’s Revolution
5Chapter 4: Nefertiti – Queen, Co-Ruler, Goddess
11About the Author
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6Chapter 5: The Artistic Revolution
12About the Publisher
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