Fragment of Akhenaten Sculpture Unearthed in Egypt

Fragment of Akhenaten Sculpture Unearthed in Egypt

MINYA, EGYPT—According to a report in Ahram Online, the head of a statue of the 18th dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten has been discovered in the first hall of the Great Atun Temple at Tel El-Amarna, Akhenaten’s capital city, by a joint Egyptian-English archaeological mission headed by Barry Kemp of the University of Cambridge. The head, which was carved from gypsum, measures about five inches long. Akhenaten is remembered for abandoning polytheism in favor of worship of the sun god, Aten, alone. For more, go to “In Search of History’s Greatest Rulers: Nefertiti, Great Royal Wife and Queen of Egypt.”