FAQ About Pharaoh Akhenaten
Why is Akhenaten sometimes referred to as the 'Heretic Pharaoh'?
Akhenaten is often called the 'Heretic Pharaoh' because his religious reforms were radical and deviated from the long-established polytheistic traditions of Egypt. By promoting the worship of Aten and neglecting other deities, he upset the powerful priesthoods and disrupted the social order.
