king Akhenaten and his father Amenhotep III

2/14/2014 01:18:00 AM

New discoveries belong to king king Akhenaten and his father Amenhotep III found by  an Egyptian - a Spanish team

But firstly we should tell you little about this great king:


Amenhotep IV or Akhenaten is
the monarch of the prominent 18th Dynasty , who moved the capital of Egypt from Thebes to Tell el -Amarna . Many giants of the Pharaoh are considered the most obvious elements of Thebes during the reign of Akhenaten




and what is new about King Akhenaten is that"

the Egyptian Ministry today announced what it called as conclusive that the revolutionary power Akhenaten he described shared with his father Amenhotep III.

Scholars have long debated whether Akhenaten , the ancient Egyptian religion tries to revolutionize , he had shared power with his sick father Amenhotep III .

The proof comes from the grave of a pharaonic Minister in the southern city of Luxor, inscribed with the cartouches of both pharaohs

It " was usually traditional for the tomb of the minister  to be  decorated with the cartouche of the ruler  .

The inscriptions found in the tomb of the Minister by   

an Egyptian - a Spanish team  marks the 30th Years of Amenhotep III drive religious ceremony , about eight years before his death and the ascension of Akhenaten around 1300 BC.

E ' " conclusive evidence of co- regency between Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV ,  referring to Akhenaten by his early title

Akhenaten, who tried to impose monotheism with the worship of Aten, the sun disc, later fathered the famed boy king Tutankhamun

In addition, Egyptian archaeologists have the mummy of a woman with 180 grave statues Daqahleya Province, discovered buried north of Cairo, 100 km (60 miles ), few days ago

The number of statues shows the high status of women when she died . His mummy was well preserved.

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