Thirty-three centuries ago, Egypt was ruled by a strange, heretic pharaoh who upended Egyptian society. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mysteries surrounding the pharaoh some call the first monotheist in history, Akhenaten.
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- Wikipedia on Akhenaten
- Wikipedia on the Amarna Period
- Wikipedia on Akhenaten’s mummy
- Great Courses The History of Ancient Egypt, by Bob Brier
- Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism, by James K. Hoffmeier
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