In short, later rulers attempted to wipe out all memory of Akhenaten after he tried to abandon the traditional Egyptian polytheistic model. It's pretty fascinat

In short, later rulers attempted to wipe out all memory of Akhenaten after he tried to abandon the traditional Egyptian polytheistic model. It's pretty fascinating stuff. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten: > As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted for abandoning Egypt's traditional polytheism and introducing Atenism, or worship centered around Aten. The views of Egyptologists differ as to whether Atenism should be considered as a form of absolute monotheism, or whether it was monolatry, syncretism, or henotheism. This culture shift away from traditional religion was not widely accepted. After his death, Akhenaten's monuments were dismantled and hidden, his statues were destroyed, and his name excluded from lists of rulers compiled by later pharaohs. Traditional religious practice was gradually restored, notably under his close successor Tutankhamun, who changed his name from Tutankhaten early in his reign. When some dozen years later, rulers without clear rights of succession from the Eighteenth Dynasty founded a new dynasty, they discredited Akhenaten and his immediate successors and referred to Akhenaten as "the enemy" or "that criminal" in archival records.