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Tutankhamun | 2. Egypt in the era of the boy king

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Is Akenarton a God?

Historians have been locked in debate for years over what motivated acanarton to overhaul egypt's value system. Was it solely self interest? Or may was something else at play? My feeling is that he is working towards his own and his father's divinity. Kings have been semi divine, you could say, in egypt and in nubia more so. But when akenarton dies, it's unsustainable, because there's no reason to carry on with it. It's offering nothing to the elit who surround him. As there's no real after life, they are just going to be like ghosts in their tombs and haunting the arten temple. And it's

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