{"id":52774,"date":"2019-11-17T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52774"},"modified":"2019-11-16T14:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:39:04","slug":"akhenaten-a-pharaoh-obsessed-extra-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/11\/17\/akhenaten-a-pharaoh-obsessed-extra-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Akhenaten &#8211; A Pharaoh Obsessed &#8211; Extra History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKSqgLQNIeQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Extra Credits<br \/>\nPublished 16 Nov 2019<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/EHPatreon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/EHPatreon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A revolutionary dreamer or a tyrannical despot? That is a question at the heart of Akhenaten&#8217;s rule, a pharaoh so unusual, that his successors tried and almost successfully erased him from the historical records. You may know his more famous wife, Queen Nefertiti but Akhenaten was a fascinating ruler. He went against the grain of almost all of Egyptian traditions including trying to establish a monotheistic religion and unite the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_2019-11-17-Akhenaten-\u2013-A-Pharaoh-Obsessed-\u2013-Extra-History.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra Credits Published 16 Nov 2019 Join us on Patreon! http:\/\/bit.ly\/EHPatreon A revolutionary dreamer or a tyrannical despot? 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