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Pharaoh Akhenaten High Priest of the Aten, 9th King of the 18th dynasty 1350-1334 BC. His mother was queen Tiye, Wives Nefertiti, Meritatien, Kya, Mcketaten, Ankhesenpaaten... The Aten a henotheistic religion, is the worship of one God without denying the existence of other Gods., not a monotheism religion. This was done because the movement was facing breakdown due to the increasing power of corrupt priesthood Amun the greatest God of Kemet the richest and most powerful temples. Akhenaten built a new capital naming it Akhetaten.

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