Who was the Pharaoh responsible for establishing Amarna?
Ramses II
Tutankhamun
Akhenaten
Nefertiti
Answer
Akhenaten, the Pharaoh of the late Eighteenth Dynasty, established the city of Amarna in 1346 BC. He moved the capital from Thebes to Amarna and dedicated the city to the worship of the sun god Aten.
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