Akhenaton papyrus

Size approx. 16 x 11 cm.

A real Egyptian papyrus, Akhenaten the solar disk. This papyrus shows Akhenaten, he was the first pharaoh who only believed in a God, the 

Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was the tenth king of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty. He reigned from 1375 to 1358 BC. (17 years).

Pharaoh is mainly known for his religious reforms. It was also called the "religious revolutionary". The polytheism of Egypt would be supplanted by monotheism around Aton, the god of the solar disk. This reduced the political power of the priests. The pharaoh, not the priesthood, was the only bond between the people and Aton that effectively put an end to the power of the different temples.

Akhenaton was married to the beautiful and world-famous Queen Nefertiti and was the father of the also world-famous King Tutankhamun.

All our papyrus paintings are handpainted in Egypt on a genuine Egyptian papyrus and are of the highest quality.