Akhenaton

Akhenaton, known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for 17 years and died in 1336 BC or 1334 BC. He is especially noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the Aten, which is sometimes described as monotheistic or henotheistic. Akhenaten remains an interesting figure, as does his Queen, Nefertiti. His son, King Tutankhamun, who ascended to the throne in 1333 BC, at the age of nine.