nd rather than be distracted by the cares of state or the worries of the empire, devote his life to his religion.
             Redford (1987) states that about the same time as the move to Akhetaten, a drastic change overcame the pharaoh's cultic program. Akhenaten commanded that his people only worship Aten and ordered all other temples to be closed. He further ordered the name of Amen to be erased and chiseled out of every monument on which it was figured, which ultimately meant the removal of his own father's name.
             Ruffle (1977) states that this was not just a political move, " for if that were so the pharaoh had simply exchanged one set of priests
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