People Worship Pharaohs because they believed he was a a god ofeternity that meant he was god in the after life and in the living life, so they constantly worshiped him.
The pharaoh Akhenaten made everyone in Egypt worship Aten.
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He just thought everyone should worship the same thing he made up, basically.
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God instructed Moses to go to Pharaoh and demand the release of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. He was to tell Pharaoh, "Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness."
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The pharaoh Akhenaten is most known for his attempt to bring about a monotheistic religion rather than the accepted polytheism. His worship centered around Aten, the sun-disk. This religion was ultimately rejected by his people.
Pharoh Amenhotep IV
Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten