Amenhotep III's son, Amenhotep IV, took a different approach during his reign. Also known as Akhenaten, he took a more religious approach and abandoned the royal seat at Thebes and the ...

She was a queen, but also a priestess - and might have even been a pharaoh. She and her husband, Amenhotep IV (AKA Akhenaten), tossed out the old gods and set up the sun as god in the form of Aten.