Amenhotep II (c. 1425–1400 BCE) Consolidated power as a successful military leader, known both for peace treaties and military victories. Thutmose IV (c. 1400–1390 BCE) Famous for the “Dream ...

When Amenhotep III dies, he is succeeded by his second son, Amenhotep IV—a bizarre visionary who turns away from Amun and the other gods of the state pantheon and worships instead a single deity ...

Astonishingly, the order to commit this blasphemy came from the king's own son. Crowned Amenhotep IV, he changed his name to Akhenaten in his fifth year on the throne and focused his energies on ...

He was the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty and ruled during a heyday of expansion and monumental construction, which included such famous figures as Amenhotep IV (with Nefertiti) and Tutankhamun.

Before the Old Kingdom, in the fourth year of the reign of King Amenhotep IV, Queen Nefertiti enjoyed unprecedented power, equal only to the Pharaoh himself. However, in the fourteenth year of the ...