Akhenaten

In the eyes of the Priest, he had become a heretic. Thus began the High Priest"tms abhorrence for Akhenaten, for slowly-but surely-the Pharaoh was destroying Egypt. To the priest, the destruction and dissemination of his power and wealth began with Akhenaten"tms love for Aten and dislike of the Amun, the supreme god of Egypt and the temple. Following this came Akhenaten"tms new God, which he duly entitled the One and Only God; then came, in a metaphorical sense, the destruction of Thebes itself. Armed with the notion that he was being guided by a superior God, Akhenaten moved his vast empire to a new location and deemed that his God was the one and only true God. Hence, through this mad rush of power, the Pharaoh went as far as to close all temples of Amun and destroy anything dealing with Amun. It was then that the High Priest lost all his power and respect for the Pharaoh. Eventually, with the death of Akhenaten and the enthronement of Tutankhaman, the nature



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While the High Priest truly abhorred Akhenaten, the wife of the Pharaoh, Nefertiti, looked upon him in a wholly different light. In essence, Nefertiti, daughter of Ay, truly loved Akhenaten despite his weak and frail body. To Nefertiti, what the Pharaoh lacked in his physical being, he clearly made up for in his mind and spirit. Thus, she vowed her love to him and, unlike many others, truly began to believe in his One and Only God. She, too, strongly began to believe and practice the religion of Akhenaten, and this would eventually lead to her losing many of the people she loved. As Akhenaten and his One and Only God began to grow in power, so did Nefertiti"tms love for him; at one point, she harbored resentment towards her very own being for her inability to bear the Pharaoh a son. Clearly, Akhenaten was the proverbial man of Nefertiti"tms dreams and above all she loved him. However, many of Akhenaten"tms friends and enemies alike questioned Nefertiti"tms true intentions. Many felt that she married the Pharaoh only to gain power, although she denied this aspect. In the end, it is quite clear that Nefertiti looked upon Akhenaten in the brightest of lights, and regardless of his actions or lack of actions, she would be by his side. Indeed, Nefertiti placed the Pharaoh on a high pedestal, but this is mainly the result of the fact that her theory on kingship and the Gods matched that of Akhenaten. In essence, Nefertiti, as did the Pharaoh, had a nonviolent stance on life and did not believe in war and, especially, bloodshed, regardless of the fact that war and bloodshed was needed to maintain Egypt"tms vast empire. Furthermore, both the Pharaoh and Queen believed that their One and True God was the greatest of deities and would guide them to happier times regardless of the situation. Hence, due to the similarity betwe

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