Akhenaten followed the religion of Ra, the Lord of the Sun, and his affection for Heliopolis priests to break the thorn of Amun’s priests in Thebes, who increased their influence and authority, and proclaimed a new religion based on the unification of all the gods in one God and called it “Aten,” one of the names is the ancient god Ra, which means the Lord of the sun disk. He declared his total rejection of the religion prevailing in ancient Egypt with multiple gods, making him a universal god for all peoples, and symbolizing this god with the sun disk, and his refusal to be depicted in anybody, whether human or animal, as was the case with the gods of Egypt earlier in his rule. Akhenaten then moved the capital from the city of Thebes to the desert in the Tell el-Amarna region. The king’s lack of interest in foreign policy and the protection of his Asian allies against the growing danger of the Hittites. Akhenaten died under mysterious circumstances around 1336 BC after a 21-year rule. You can see most of the monuments of Tell El-Amarna in Egypt Day Tours by booking our Overnight Tour to El Minya from Luxor, or a Day tour to El Minya from Cairo.
You will have the chance to see the unique collection of King Akhenaten if you book our Cairo Half Day Tour to the Egyptian Museum, also our Cairo Stopover Transit Tour covers Cairo Sightseeing Tours to The Egyptian Museum, Coptic and Islamic Cairo as well. And certainly, you will see the artifacts in the Egyptian Museum at many of our Egypt Travel Packages.