Rare & Unique Ancient Egyptian Seated king Akhenaten
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Your satsfaction is our guarantee! Highest Bidder Wins About US You are bidding on an Extremely Rare and Beautiful Egyptian antiques that we canâe(tm)t guarantee that we can list some one like it again! Rare & Unique Ancient Egyptian Seated king Akhenaten Source Upper Egypt Date 1350 - 1334 B.C. Material Hard stone. Measurements 27.4 x 9.8 Cm / 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Market Value $5000 - $6000 History The Pharaoh Akhenaten âeoeAmenhotep IVâe was known as the tic King. He was the tenth King of the 18th Dynasty. Egyptologists are still tying to figure out what actually happened during his lifetime as much of the truth was buried, for all time, after he died. Akhenaten lived at the peak of Egypt's imperial glory. Egypt had never been richer, more powerful, or more secure. Up and down the Nile, workers built hundreds of temples to pay homage to the Gods. They believed that if the Gods were pleased, Egypt would prosper. And so it did. Akhenaten and his family lived in the great religious center of Thebes, city of the God Amun. T were thousands of priests who served the Gods. Religion was the 'business' of the time, many earning their living connected to the worship of the gods. All indications are that as a child Akhenaten was a family outcast. Scientists are studying the fact that Akhenaten suffered from a disease called Marfan
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