akhenaton

Chronicles the life of ancient Egyptian king Akhenaton, discussing his world, his rule, his religion, and his legacy.

The Perfect One, the most beautiful and famous woman in the ancient world, rules with her husband Akhenaten over the world's most powerful and influential society, but their successes hide an epic power struggle that threatens the delicate balance of power and the future of Egypt.

In 1351 B.C., Prince Amunhotep secretly kills his older brother and becomes next in line to Egypt's throne: he's 17, and the 15-year-old Nefertiti soon becomes his chief wife. He already has a wife, but Kiya's blood is not as royal, nor is she as bewitching as Nefertiti. As Mutnodjmet, two years younger than her sister, looks on (and falls in love), Amunhotep and the equally ambitious Nefertiti worship a different main god, displace the priests who control Egypt's wealth, and begin building a city that boasts the royal likenesses chiseled in stone.

Provides a close look at the buildings and activities in an Egyptian town begun in 1375 B.C. to honor the god Aten.

Tutmose, an apprentice sculptor, and his nearly-blind brother, Ibrim, an apprentice musician, are content at the court of Pharaoh Akhenaten, but their father rages against Pharaoh's rejection of traditional Egyptian gods and plots a deadly revenge.

The life of Nefertiti concentrating on the period during which her husband, Amenhetep IV, struggled to change the ancient forms of worship in Egypt from many gods to one, the sun god.