Akhenaten, The Most Hated Pharaoh, Ancient Egypt

Akhenaten, The Most Hated Pharaoh, Ancient Egypt A bold new pharaoh named Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti attempted to upend centuries of tradition by forcing the people of Egypt to abandon their pantheon of gods in favor of worshipping a single deity, Aten. Despite being labeled a heretic and a rebel, Akhenaten introduced the foreign concept of monotheism to the world and forever changed the course of history