The city was founded by Akhenaten, a king who, along with his wife Nefertiti and his son, Tutankhamun, has captured the modern imagination as much as any other figure from ancient Egypt.

Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten five ... the god of light, as Egypt’s principal god. He also moved the royal capital 250 miles north from Thebes and built a city there that he called ...

Who would rule Egypt and ... died after Akhenaten.) Three of the Amarna Letters—a collection of hundreds of cuneiform tablets discovered in Akhenaten’s capital city of Akhetaten in the late ...

Egypt is a country famed for its ancient ... Akhenaten, he took a more religious approach and abandoned the royal seat at Thebes and the administrative complex in Aten. He instead opted for a new ...