Akhenaten: The First Monotheist? | Atenism @ReligionForBreakfast
Akhenaten: The First Monotheist? | Atenism  @ReligionForBreakfast
Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ascending the throne, he turned away from traditional Egyptian polytheism to the worship of a single god: The Aten. Was this an early form of monotheism?

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