Akhenaten

Quartigod son of Amenhotep III by Tiye. The "heretic pharaoh" who initiated the canonical Egyptian religious revolution from the Theban-Amun state-cult to the solar-disk Aten cult. Founded the new capital Akhetaten (Amarna). Father of Tutankhamun by the secondary wife Kiya (or Nefertiti). Subjected to the most-systematic damnatio memoriae in Egyptian history after his death; his name excluded from all post-restoration king-lists. The KV55 mummy DNA-paternity analysis (Hawass et al. 2010, JAMA 303.7) confirmed his biological paternity of Tutankhamun. The Great Hymn to the Aten in the Tomb of Ay (Amarna TA25) is one of the foundational monotheistic-tendency religious texts of the ancient world.

Parentage

• father: Amenhotep IIIAmarna Boundary Stela K; Soleb temple reliefs (primary)
• mother: TiyeTomb of Kheruef; Sedeinga temple inscription (primary)

Children

• Ankhesenamun
• Meketaten
• Meritaten
• Tutankhamun

Powers

• Reigns living on Maat (truth/cosmic order)
• Acts as the sole knower of and intermediary to the Aten

Relations

• father: Amenhotep IIIAmarna Boundary Stela K; Soleb temple reliefs (primary)
• mother: TiyeTomb of Kheruef; Sedeinga temple inscription (primary)
• spouse: NefertitiAmarna Royal Tomb; the Berlin Bust (primary)
• sibling: SitamunHalf-sister-married-by-father — Sitamun was Amenhotep III's daughter by Tiye who was also taken as Great Royal Wife by her own father late in his reign.Soleb temple reliefs; Tomb of Kheruef (primary)
• father of: Tutankhamun (per KV55 DNA-paternity, Hawass et al. 2010 JAMA) · EgyptianHawass et al. 2010, JAMA 303.7; Tutankhamun tomb inscriptions (primary)

Sources

• existence: Karnak Aten temple talatat blocks (in situ archaeological); Amarna Boundary Stelae A, B, F, J, K, M, N, P, Q, R, S, U, V, X (year 5-8 inscriptions); the Great Hymn to the Aten (Tomb of Ay, Amarna TA25); KV55 royal-cache burial; Hawass et al. 2010, JAMA 303.7 (the DNA-paternity confirmation) (primary)
• parentage: Amarna Boundary Stela K; Soleb temple reliefs (primary)