Akhenaten: The First Monotheist? | Atenism

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: Watch City Beautiful’s video on Cairo on Nebula!: Join our Patreon community!: One-time donations here!: Check out my favorite religious studies books by following this affiliate link to my Amazon page: Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ascending the throne, he turned away from traditional Egyptian polytheism to the worship of a single god: The Aten. Was this an early form of monotheism?