Akhenaten and Nefertiti

Name: Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Released: 2014-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jonathan Lloyd

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

Generations to come dubbed Akhenaten the criminal of Amarna, for what he accomplished in Egypt.

2014 · 26m

EPISODE 1

The Sun was the Only Witness

When Akhenaten became Pharaoh of Egypt, around the year 1360 B.C., he kindled a religious revolution: He wanted to restrict worship to the Sun-god, Aten. Egypt had been a polytheistic realm for more than 2,000 years.
EPISODE 2

The Curse of Amarna

Pharaoh Akhenaten would plunge the realm into a crisis. The young king forced a revolutionary new faith on the people: They had to believe that only a single god could bring salvation: Aten, the burning sun.
EPISODE 3

The Mummies of the Heretics

First rumours about a forgotten Pharaoh reached Europe in the middle of the 19th century. The first evidence was found by the scholar Richard Lepsius. From Cairo, his journeys took him south. He kept an exhaustive diary.