ATENISM

Atenism

Initiated by Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti around 1330 BCE, during the New Kingdom period in ancient Egyptian history. They built an entirely new capital city (Akhetaten) for themselves and worshippers of their sole creator god on a wilderness.

His father used to worship Aten alongside other gods of their polytheistic religion.

Aten, for a long time before his father's time, was revered as a god among the many gods and goddesses in Egypt.

Atenism faded away after the death of the pharaoh.

Despite different views, Atenism is considered by some scholars to be one of the frontiers of monotheism in human history.

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