Video - The Heretic King: Akhenaten's Battle for One God

"Long before Christianity or Islam, one Egyptian Pharaoh tried to erase the old gods. Akhenaten, known as the 'heretic king,' declared the sun god Aten the only true deity. He closed temples, smashed statues, and moved the capital to a brand-new city, Amarna. After his death, the priests erased his name from history, restoring the old gods. But Akhenaten's dream of monotheism... would echo thousands of years later. Smash that like button and subscribe for more forbidden stories!"