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Rare Ancient Egyptian Mask of Akhenaton #2377581

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Rare Ancient Egyptian Mask of Akhenaton #2377581
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Akhenaten (meaning Effective spirit of Aten), first known as Amenhotep IV (sometimes read as Amenophis IV and meaning Amun is Satisfied) before his sixth year, was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, especially notable for attempting to single-handedly restructure the Egyptian religion to monotheistically worship the Aten.

Although there are doubts as to how successful he was at this, it was the first attempt at monotheism the world had seen. He was born to Amenhotep III and his Chief Queen Tiye and was their younger son.

Akhenaten was not originally designated as the successor to the throne until the untimely death of his older brother, Thutmose. Amenhotep IV succeeded his father after Amenhotep III's death at the end of his 38-year reign, possibly after a coregency lasting between either 1 to 2 or 12 years. Suggested dates for Akhenaten's reign (subject to the debates surrounding Egyptian chronology) are from 1353 BC-1336 BC or 1351 BC?1334 BC.
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<tr><td>Condition:good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:circa 1900</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Rare Ancient Egyptian Mask of Akhenaton</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:FAIENCE</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Huntington beach, CA USA</td></tr>
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