Ankhemmaat

I am known as Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, of the Egyptian 18th Dynasty. I created a revolution for a very specific purpose, paving the way for another revolutionary person. Though things didn't go as well as they could have, the main objective was accomplished, though my name and my city became buried in oblivion for more than 3,000 years.
It all started one day that I had a vision of the Sun-disk coming to me and calling my name. I was told of the Truth and given a set of instructions to be implemented. Following this encounter, I changed my name to Akhenaten - Server of the Aten, and moved to a deserted area that the Aten had indicated, where I built a city in its name: "Akhetaten" - Horizon of the Aten. My actions caused quite an upheaval which still endures to this day.
People describe me in all sorts of ways according on the concept they have of me. Some say that I am a visionary, others call me a madman, some call me the "Heretic King". My ladies call me the "Erotic King" which I like much better :))) Ok, jokes apart, I was asked to do a task which I and a group of chosen men did to the best of our knowledge.
What happened at Akhetaten had an enormous impact on modern civilization as you now know it... Some of the bad fame certain people have given me is not due to my doings, but to the behaviour of a few of my later successors... But for the time being, let's leave things as they are, and in time, more about me will be known.
Some people have compared me with Moses, some even think that I am him... Well I am not. Moses was a brave man and a strong fighter, but we are two different people... Still, he, and many others, were part of this "plan" of the Aten.
Below an image of my family at the time. We were very close... still are :))
Here is an hymn that I dedicated to the Aten, which one of my successors, Aye, wrote on his tomb. If you have read some parts of the Bible, you'll notice that it has a close resemblance to Psalm 104...
The full Hymn is on the blog. Here are a few selected verses only.
The Great Hymn to the Aten
Selected excerpts:
Creator of seed in women, Thou who makest fluid into man, Who maintainest the son in the womb of his mother, Who soothest him with that which stills his weeping, Thou nurse (even) in the womb, Who givest breath to sustain all that he has made! When he descends from the womb to breathe On the day when he is born, Thou openest his mouth completely, Thou suppliest his necessities. When the chick in the egg speaks within the shell, Thou givest him breath within it to maintain him. When thou hast made him his fulfillment within the egg, to break it, He comes forth from the egg to speak at his completed (time); He walks upon his legs when he comes forth from it.
How manifold it is, what thou hast made! They are hidden from the face (of man). O sole god, like whom there is no other! Thou didst create the world according to thy desire, Whilst thou wert alone: All men, cattle, and wild beasts, Whatever is on earth, going upon (its) feet, And what is on high, flying with its wings.
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Thou are in my heart, And there is no other that knows thee Save thy son Nefer-kheperu-Re Wa-en-Re, For thou hast made him well-versed in thy plans and in thy strength.
The world came into being by thy hand, According as thou hast made them. When thou hast risen they live, When thou settest they die. Thou art lifetime thy own self, For one lives (only) through thee. Eyes are (fixed) on beauty until thou settest. All work is laid aside when thou settest in the west. (But) when (thou) risest (again), [Everything is] made to flourish for the king,... Since thou didst found the earth And raise them up for thy son, Who came forth from thy body: the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, ... Ak-en-Aton, ... and the Chief Wife of the King ... Nefert-iti, living and youthful forever and ever.