Akhenaten : Dweller in Truth by Naguib Mahfouz - Book Review
Akhenaten : Dweller in Truth By Naguib Mahfouz Genre : Historical Fiction, Ancient Egypt, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Biographical Fiction,2021-read Rating : 3.5/5 Akhenaten was a heretic king that took Egypt by storm. He with his wife had denounced all the existing gods and tried to establish a new religion with Sun God Aten as the supreme. Akhenaten made himself a prophet and priest in Aten's command. He created a new city Akhetaten where only Sun God is worshipped. He passed decrees ordering the demolishing and closing of temples for other gods(Amun) all across Egypt also stripping the powers of Amun priests. But his attempts to crusade for this new religion of "love,peace and equality" fails to sustain when internal strife in the form of civil wars and external threats in the form of enemy attacks rock the country. Instead of raising to meet the occassion as befitting a king, Akhenaten chooses to remain shrouded in his faith hoping "love" would conquer "wa...