![]() ![]() The circumstances of his death are unknown, but his early demise paved the way for Egypt’s most controversial Pharaoh to take his place.Ģ. However, Thutmose died suddenly in the final years of his father’s reign. None of the official monuments depict young Akhenaten, but this isn’t unusual for princes in this period. A single wine docket from his father’s palace in Thebes which mentions the “estate of the King’s son Amenhotep” is the only certain reference to him during Amenhotep III’s reign. Meanwhile, Akhenaten, then still called Amenhotep, was all but absent. Thutmose had prepared for his role by becoming High Priest of Ptah in Memphis, which introduced him to the demands of public life and rituals that would be an important part of a Pharaoh’s rule. His older brother Thutmose was the Crown Prince and was slated to become Thutmose V. Akhenaten Was Never Supposed to Be Pharaoh Relief of Akhenaten as a sphinx offering worship to the Aten, via Museum of Fine Arts of BostonĪkhenaten was never meant to be Pharaoh. ![]()
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