Say not unto thyself, Behold, truth breedeth hatred, and I will avoid it; dissimulation raiseth friends, and I will follow it. Are not the enemies made by truth, better than the friends obtained by flattery?
- Akhenaton (c. B.C. 1375), Pharaoh of Egypt
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Akhenaton: Ancient Revolutionary - Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
... it might be a good idea to look at the life and work of one man in ancient Egypt whom many consider to be the first revolutionary in history. He was a king, Amenhotep IV, who lived in the 18th century before Christ. In most early societies the land and people were considered to be the property of god, and were controlled by him through his agents and priests. ...
The Mystery of Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) and Nefernefruaten (Nefertiti) - Laura Darlene Lansberry
Egyptologists are mystified by the lives of Akhenaton, Smenkhkare, and Nefernefruaten, as well they might be. Their interpretation of the few facts suggest something strange to modern conceptions! However, for those who have followed the stories, myths, and histories on The Metro'on web site, the answer to the mystery almost leaps at you with the force of a charging bull. ...
Tell el Amarna, Capital of the Disk: Introduction - Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundatio: World Art Treasures
...However, in the preface to the 1988 edition of one of the great monographs devoted to the Amarna drama, "Akhenaten", Cyril Aldred, its author, writes: "The character and deeds of King Akhenaten [...] continue to engross and mystify historians. From being one whom his people did their best to forget, he has become[...]the celebrated subject of novels, operas and other works of the imagination." His reinstatement owes all to those whose studies, whose passion above all, contributed to casting out the ancient curse, thus allowing Akhenaten to regain his former innovative status with respect to the universal conscience of humankind. ...
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