Akhenaten and Nefertiti

When Akhenaten became Pharaoh of Egypt, around the year 1360 B.C., he kindled a religious revolution: He wanted to restrict worship to the Sun-god, Atun. Egypt had been a polytheistic realm for more than 2,000 years.

A new chapter of Egyptian history began with the rule of Pharaoh Akhenaten. His visions would plunge the realm into an unpredictable crisis. By Akhenaten's side ruled Queen Nefertiti. Had the Pharaoh succumbed to her magical beauty?

The first rumours of a forgotten Pharaoh reached Europe in the middle of the 19th century. In Middle Egypt, near the town of Asyut, Prussian scholar Richard Lepsius made an astonishing discovery.