FatherAkhenaten KV55The identity of King Tut’s father has long been a mystery. One candidate is the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten, who abandoned the gods of the state to worship a single deity.

The city was founded by Akhenaten, a king who, along with his wife Nefertiti and his son, Tutankhamun, has captured the modern imagination as much as any other figure from ancient Egypt.

Nefertiti was one of the wives of Tutankhamun's father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. El-Damaty said it was too early to tell what the metal and organic material could be, saying only that he thinks the ...

Tutankhamun ruled at the end of an enormously wealthy period in Egyptian history, and he restored the traditional religion of Amun that Akhenaten had banished—both of which may have resulted in ...

Tutankhamun became pharaoh after the death of his father Akhenaten. Some people liked how Akhenaten ruled but others didn't. He outlawed all of the gods except for one called Aten. The people were ...

He is believed to have succeeded King Amenhotep IV, who was also called Akhenaten. At the time, King 'Tut' was presumed be the son of the pharaoh. But some branches of the family tree are obscure ...

It is the largest ancient city ever unearthed and one of the greatest discoveries since the tomb of Tutankhamun.