It is a deserted plane in the middle of Egypt hundreds of miles from the famous sights of Cairo and Luxor there are no tourists visiting there and below the ground lies the lost city (0:0:36). About 3,000 years ago, this abandoned landscape was the capital of the mighty Egypt empire ruled by Akhenaten ("He who is of service to the Aten" or "Effective Spirit of Aten") is one of the most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt, despite the attempts of later rulers to omit him from the lists of kings. He began his reign under the name Amenhotep IV ("Amun is satisfied"). As the son of Amenhotep III, he inherited a prosperous and peaceful nation. He was crowned pharaoh with all the usual flair and began an apparently normal reign. It is thought that his father reigned as…show more content… The co-regency is supported by similarities in the artistic style during the later years of Amenhotep III and that of his son, but the style may well have developed before Akhenaten (then Amenhotep IV) became king (ancientegyptonline.co.uk). Nefertiti was the wife of Akhenaten, she was one the most beautiful and powerful in ancient Egypt, the only queen that wears the pharaoh crown.
Due to the diversion of king Akhenaten from worshipping the Moon god, he was a god of fertility and creation to worshipping Sun god called Aten. Sun god has been in existence as old as ancient Egypt he had been worshipped by the first dynasty 1,000 years earlier during the time of the pyramids. (0:7:45). Akhenaten left Thebes where he succeeded his father to relocate to remote spot where Akhenaten decided to build his new capital, the king was aware that the move would come as a shock to his
