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Freud as a pseudo-historian - the text is _very_ fun, due to its nonsense
'''Amenhotep IV''', or '''Akhenaten''', was [[Pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] from 1353 - 1336 [[B.C.]] as part of the 18th Dynasty. He is famous for rejecting the traditional [[pagan]] gods of Egypt in favor of the sun, which he called [[Aton]]. He changed the capital from [[Thebes]] to Akhetaton (modern [[Amarna]]) to escape the influence of the priests of [[Ra]].
'''Amenhotep IV''', or '''Akhenaten''' (sometimes written as '''Ikhnaton'''), was [[Pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]] from 1353 - 1336 [[B.C.]] as part of the 18th Dynasty. He is famous for rejecting the traditional [[pagan]] gods of Egypt in favor of the sun, which he called [[Aton]]. He changed the capital from [[Thebes]] to Akhetaton (modern [[Amarna]]) to escape the influence of the priests of [[Ra]].
Statues of him show an artistic form new in Egypt, including various deformities which have led some scholars to conclude he had [[Marfan's syndrome]] or [[Frolich’s syndrome]]. However, various courtiers were also depicted similarly.<ref name="AIG">John Ashton & David Down. ''[http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/utp/akhenaten-and-nefertiti-the-beautiful Unwrapping the Pharaohs, chapter 21]'''</ref>
Statues of him show an artistic form new in Egypt, including various deformities which have led some scholars to conclude he had [[Marfan's syndrome]] or [[Frolich’s syndrome]]. However, various courtiers were also depicted similarly.<ref name="AIG">John Ashton & David Down. ''[http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/utp/akhenaten-and-nefertiti-the-beautiful Unwrapping the Pharaohs, chapter 21]'''</ref>
He was assassinated, leading to the eventual reign of his famous boy-king nephew, Tutankhaton, renamed by the priests as [[Tutankhamun]], or "King Tut". His [[monotheism]] did not survive his reign. After his death, Egypt went back to the former [[polytheistic]] religion, and the royal priests regained their power.
He was assassinated, leading to the eventual reign of his famous boy-king nephew, Tutankhaton, renamed by the priests as [[Tutankhamun]], or "King Tut". His [[monotheism]] did not survive his reign. After his death, Egypt went back to the former [[polytheistic]] religion, and the royal priests regained their power.
== Akhenaten and Moses ==
The superficial similarities between Akhenaten's monotheism and the monotheism described in the [[Pentateuch]] led a few historians (and a lot of pseudo-historians) to speculate wildly about correlations between Akhenaten and Moses.
[[Sigmund Freud]] proposed that Moses was Ikhnaton's priest, and that the [[Exodus]] happened soon after the pharaoh's death<ref>[[Moses And Monotheism]], by Freud; see chapter "If Moses was an egyptian" at [http://www.archive.org/stream/mosesandmonothei032233mbp/mosesandmonothei032233mbp_djvu.txt www.archive.org]</ref>.
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