SO’OUD ATEN, Egypt — It’s a familiar story: The whim of a leader upends citizens’ lives and leads them into the wilderness. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten was no different. Determined that his ...
Akenhaten (reigned c1352 - 1336 BC) inherited a wealthy, peaceful kingdom but his religious fervor almost destroyed the most powerful empire in the ancient world. In 1352 BC, Egypt was the wealthiest ...
A century ago this October, Egyptologist Howard Carter and his colleagues opened the innermost coffin of the pharaoh Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus for the first time in almost 3250 years. Inside they ...