Planet Egypt - Temples of Power (Amenhotep IV. / Akhenaten)
submitted by Marvin's Underground Entertainment
on 02/05/18
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Egypt without is unimaginable without its gods. Over the course of centuries, the priests steadily gained in power - until the year 1350 BC, when King Akhenaten comes to the throne. He breaks with the cult that has kept the country together for more than 1500 years. He sweeps away the power of the priesthood and their temples. It is the greatest cultural revolution in the history of Egypt. The old imperial God Amun is banned -- a challenge to the religious tradition underpinning the Egyptian civilization. en.starovekyegypt.net/pharaohs-of-ancient-egypt/akhenaten-religious-reform.php
