Akhenaten

Akhenaten becomes pharaoh - marries Nefertiti, begins planning religious revolution

Akhetaten founded - Akhenaten moves capital to virgin site, dedicated to Aten, abandons Thebes

Aten declared sole god - Akhenaten closes temples of other gods, erases names, priests dispossessed

Amarna art style flourishes - revolutionary naturalistic art depicts royal family intimately, elongated forms

Death of Akhenaten - 'heretic pharaoh' dies, Amarna period ends, monotheistic experiment fails