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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Akhnaton Biography AMENOPHIS IV. The Napkhururiya (Egyptian Nefer-Khoper-re) of the Amarna Tablets. This monarch is one of the most interesting characters in Egyptian history, because of the great religious reform which he attempted. He endeavored to supersede the old polytheistic religion of Egypt by the exclusive worship of the Sun. But his fanatical efforts in this direction, his persecution of the cult of the Theban god Ammon, and the shifting of his residence to Telel-Amarna led to no permanent results. After his reign of 18 years (beginning about 1375 B.C.) his innovations were abolished, and the old religion was again triumphant. By his wife Nefertiti he had six daughters. The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. I (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 513. |