The standardized blocks used for construction during this ruler's reign are now called talatats and were smaller than the ones used under his predecessors.
The standardized blocks used for construction during this ruler's reign are now called talatats and were smaller than the ones used under his predecessors. He employed the sculptor Bek, and he ordered the destruction of his father's cartouches [kahr-TOO-shuz]. He was succeeded by Smenkhkare [men-kah-ray], who some historians believe was the son of this man's wife Kiya. Thutmose [toot-MOH-suh] sculpted a bust of another one of this man's wives, Nefertiti [NEH-fer-TEE-tee], and it is probable that a different woman bore his son Tutankhamen. Name this Pharaoh, responsible for constructing the city now known as Amarna, who worshiped Aten [AH-ten].
The standardized blocks used for construction during this ruler's reign are now called talatats and were smaller than the ones used under his predecessors.
Akhenaten [or Amenhotep IV or Amenophis IV or Khuenaten; prompt on Amenhotep or Amenophis]